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NORMAN DOUGLAS PEERY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 25, 1949 – April 17, 1970
Service recordNorman Douglas Peery, of Golden, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Golden, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 18
- JERRY LEE PRENTNERSergeant First Class · April 17, 1970
- LOEL FRANKLIN REXROADMajor · April 17, 1970
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1970
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1970
From Golden
- MICHAEL CHARLES ODELLPetty Officer Second Class · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL WALTER WARRENPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS HANSFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPASergeant · September 5, 1968
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1968
- RONALD DEAN LAYTONFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · June 3, 1969
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.