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NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOE
Captain · U.S. Navy
May 2, 1933 – January 26, 1968
Service recordNorman Edward Eidsmoe, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on January 26, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 39
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 165
- Born
- May 2, 1933
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 26, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 165”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 39
- HOWARD FRANKLIN COLES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
- FREDERICK JOHN FALK JRLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- TERRY DEAN FINCHCorporal · January 26, 1968
- HARRY SAMUEL FITEZ JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD DUNNLieutenant Commander · Panel 35E, Line 38
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 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.