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NORMAN EUGENE TREEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – July 5, 1967
Service recordNorman Eugene Treest, of Marseilles, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Marseilles, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 16
- LEONARD JOSEPH TAGLIEBERLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BARILLOCorporal · July 6, 1967
- JERRY RAY BEEBEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD HOEWELERSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 11
From Marseilles
- MICHAEL J VANGELISTISergeant · April 28, 1970
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.