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NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – December 6, 1967
Service recordNorman Paul Williams, of Maddock, North Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Maddock, North Dakota (Benson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 56
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- EUGENE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- RONALD ROY HAMMERSTROMSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 43
- FRANK BRACKETTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- DAVID THOMAS DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 47
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
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.