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NORMAN HOWARD STRENGTH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – March 26, 1970
Service recordNorman Howard Strength, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 47
- DAVID TOBIAS SOLISSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN STEELSergeant · March 26, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT WYNNEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
- RAYMOND AGUIRREPrivate First Class · March 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FOREMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 46
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.