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NORMAN JAMES NOBLES
Private · U.S. Army
January 14, 1950 – January 21, 1969
Service recordNorman James Nobles, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 52
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Sayre, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 52
- TERRENCE W MCFARLANDStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1969
- VERNON LEE NELSONCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JAMES HOLLAND PORTERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY RADZIECKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ALAN CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 47
- ALTON GEORGE GIBSONSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 48
From Sayre
- GARY LEE HEEMANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- MERLE GRIFFIN HUBBARDSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.