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NORMAN BYRON WENSEL
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
February 9, 1942 – January 4, 1967
Service recordNorman Byron Wensel, of Torrance, California, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 115
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Constructionman (CN)
- Born
- February 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 115
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- RAY BELTONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
- WILLIAM DEMARR BOYDSergeant · January 5, 1967
- REINALDO DELGADOPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MULLEN JRLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
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.