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NORMAN KENT DOUD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1944 – July 15, 1968
Service recordNorman Kent Doud, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Behavioral Science Specialist (91G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 34
- ANTHONY NOAH CONTICorporal · July 15, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD CURRYPrivate · July 15, 1968
- TERRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE RAYSergeant · July 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · Panel 52W, Line 36
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · Panel 52W, Line 37
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.