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NORMAN EUGENE THOMAS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 12, 1948 – November 17, 1969
Service recordNorman Eugene Thomas, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 17, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 91
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 91
- MARK FRANCIS TEARLSpecialist Five · November 17, 1969
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- KENNETH DEWAYNE HARJOSpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.