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NORMAN LEE TUNGATE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordNorman Lee Tungate, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 57
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 57
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- CARLISLE OGDEN WARK JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- CHESTER JAMES WARTMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- LARRY LEE WEEDENSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.