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NORMAN KERMIT FORK
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – September 26, 1969
Service recordNorman Kermit Fork, of Laurel, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurel, Nebraska (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 9
- ROBERT LEROY CROSBYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 26, 1969
- RONALD MARCEL GOULETCaptain · September 26, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
- GREGORY JOHN HUGHESPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
From Laurel
- DONALD CARROLL GRELLASpecialist Five · December 28, 1965
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.