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NORMAN ELLIOTT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1940 – February 20, 1965
Service recordNorman Elliott JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 93
- RONALD SEFTON GAFFNEYSpecialist Five · February 19, 1965
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE WICKS JORDANCaptain · February 21, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
From Portsmouth
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 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.