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NORMAN E DECAREAUX JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1947 – August 8, 1966
Service recordNorman E Decareaux JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 111
- JUDGE BURROUGHS JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- ORRIE JULIUS BUSKEYPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CALLENPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.