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NORMAN GERALD JOSE POITRAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1946 – August 22, 1966
Service recordNorman Gerald Jose Poitras, of Biddeford, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Biddeford, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 27
- JAMES LAWRENCE STONELance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- ODIS THOMPSONSergeant · August 22, 1966
- WALKER NORWOOD WEEKSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEROY FRANCIS BARNESPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
From Biddeford
- ROGER EDWARD LABONTESecond Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- REYNALD GERARD LEPAGEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1967
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RAYMOND ARTHUR BORDUASPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
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.