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NORMAN ELLSWORTH FINE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1946 – January 18, 1968
Service recordNorman Ellsworth Fine JR, of Milton, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Milton, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 68
- JOE REINI DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CASIMIRO VILLONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 72
From Milton
- CARL MICHAEL STITELYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT DUNKLECorporal · May 13, 1969
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · June 2, 1969
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.