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NORMAN KENNETH BRISTOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – July 25, 1968
Service recordNorman Kenneth Bristow, of Hawthorne, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, Florida (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 5
- LUCIEN GERARD CARPENTIERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- CARSON GREGORY CULLETONSergeant · July 25, 1968
- LARRY HERBERT GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES H PETERSDORF JRCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 9
- MERVIN EDEN WALLACECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 11
- THURMAN WILLIAM WINSTONCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 11
From Hawthorne
- CHARLES A GORDONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1968
- HENRY BERTRAM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.