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NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1944 – March 2, 1968
Service recordNorman Joseph Erbland, of Fostoria, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Fostoria, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 30
- JAMES ALLEN COREYLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH CUTINHASpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- BRUCE ELIOT JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 28
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 31
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 32
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 33
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 33
- NEIL STEWART THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 42
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 44
From Fostoria
- GERALD LYNN GASSMANSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- LARRY WARREN STULLPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEVINEPetty Officer Second Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 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.