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NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 8, 1944 – May 17, 1970
Service recordNorman Philip Westwood JR, of West Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 161 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- West Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 59
- NASH FRYCorporal · May 17, 1970
- FREDERICK DON SNYDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHTSergeant · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
From West Hartford
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- JOHN HENRY WELCH IIISecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT LYON NORTONFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1968
- MARK HANNAY DIXONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNGLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
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.