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NORMAN KELLY BYASSEE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 14, 1948 – February 26, 1970
Service recordNorman Kelly Byassee, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1970, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 56
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Litchfield Park, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; nine of them were lost in An Giang Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 56
- RONALD STEPHEN BAYPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- ROBERT BARRY CROSBYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- MARK STEVEN DIORIOSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
From Litchfield Park
- JAMES STEPHEN REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
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.