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NORMAN ARCHIE FOSSETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 10, 1945 – March 3, 1968
Service recordNorman Archie Fossett, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 51
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 51
- FRANCISCO FRANCOSergeant · March 3, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE GARNERPrivate · March 3, 1968
- LAWRENCE LEONARD GASKALance Corporal · March 3, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD HERRELL ASHFORDSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- ALBERT ROYCE DISMUKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 50
- HAROLD EDWARD REKAUPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 56
- RAY HOUSTON WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 59
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.