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NORMAN LOUIS CATES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordNorman Louis Cates, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 21
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 21
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- DANIEL CASSANOFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREG BENSON ELLISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 23
- STANLEY K RYKACZEWSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 29
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.