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NORMAN FRED PALEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 3, 1950 – November 24, 1970
Service recordNorman Fred Paley, of Mentor, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Mentor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 82
- ROBERT DALE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
- SAMUEL RYOICHI SAITOChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
- WILLARD GENE STORIEChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
- FRANK DANIEL TINSLEYPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- IAN MCINTOSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 79
From Mentor
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID STICKLEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
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.