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NORMAN JOSEPH NAPIERATA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1947 – September 22, 1966
Service recordNorman Joseph Napierata, of Dudley, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Dudley, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 133
- BILLY BROWN KINGSergeant · September 22, 1966
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 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.