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NORMAN MACLEOD PAULSEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 6, 1945 – September 25, 1968
Service recordNorman Macleod Paulsen, of Elmsford, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 25, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Elmsford, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 13
- HERBERT POK DONG CHOStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- JAMES HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL PALMERSergeant · September 25, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · September 25, 1968
From Elmsford
- RONALD MCCRACKENPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- ANTHONY CARLOS PINOCorporal · July 28, 1968
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.