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NORMAN GLENN GAGE
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
November 14, 1937 – February 23, 1970
Service recordNorman Glenn Gage, of Pampa, Texas, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 48
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Pampa, Texas (Gray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 48
- PAUL EDWARD DOLIKWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK ERICKSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- ALBERT MALDONADO-LLUBERASSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
- CALVIN ERNESTO SERAINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
From Pampa
- JUDSON ARTHUR WELLS JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · January 6, 1968
- RICKEY JOE MARSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- DAVID PAUL ROYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
- JAMES HENRY AYRESLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 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.