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NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – January 5, 1968
Service recordNorman Edward Colosanti, of Portland, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 47
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER DOYLELance Corporal · January 5, 1968
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- RALPH EUGENE FOULKS JRLieutenant · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 45
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 48
- ALVIN SAMUEL JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 49
- FLORIAN HENRY KUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- LAFON WINSTON LADSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 52
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
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.