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NORMAN KARL BILLIPP
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1945 – May 6, 1969
Service recordNorman Karl Billipp, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on May 6, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 6, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 9
- TYSON VANCE BEALLCorporal · May 6, 1969
- OLIVER ADRIAN BEST JRFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN BLAINSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JOHN OTTO BOWMANSergeant · May 6, 1969
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.