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NORMAN MICHAEL TURONE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – June 5, 1968
Service recordNorman Michael Turone, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 23
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 23
- JOHNNY MAJOR SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- HARRY LEE THEURKAUFSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- DERRIS LEE UUTELAPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RICHARD LONNIE VINGEPrivate · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS OWEN AKERSSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 14
- RICARDO ROBERT TEJANOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 60W, Line 22
- RICHARD LARRY VINESSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 22
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.