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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Norman Paul Singer.

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NORMAN PAUL SINGER

Captain · U.S. Army

January 6, 1940 – May 18, 1969

Service record

Norman Paul Singer, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24W · Line 47

Position of Panel 24W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Medical Officer, General (3100)
Unit (as recorded)
HHB 2 BN 35 ARTY II FF
Born
January 6, 1940
Home of record
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 18, 1969
Age
29
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 24W, Line 47

From Oklahoma City

All 159 names from Oklahoma City →

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.