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NORMAN LEWIS LINGLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – November 6, 1966
Service recordNorman Lewis Lingley, of Douglas, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 6 BN 56 ARTY
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Douglas, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 34
- WILLIAM ATTLEE HENDONMajor · November 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN KLEMPSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- ROGER THOMAS MACNUTTCorporal · November 6, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
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.