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NORMAN DWANE AUTEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 11, 1940 – August 18, 1969
Service recordNorman Dwane Auten, of Kingsville, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 58
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Kingsville, Texas (Kleberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 58
- HOWARD CARLTON ARDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD BARRETTPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN BASSIGNANIFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1969
- NEWTON THOMAS BELL JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES G HODGSKIN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19W, Line 61
From Kingsville
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · August 10, 1968
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
- DANIEL TELLEZPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 1970
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.