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NORMAN R STODDARD JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1949 – November 16, 1970
Service recordNorman R Stoddard JR, of Kent, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 65
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Kent, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 65
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
- CHARLES RAYFORD SELLERSSergeant First Class · November 16, 1970
- KENNETH DALE ADKINSSergeant · November 17, 1970
- JOSEPH CARTER JRSergeant · November 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE DRAPPSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 63
- JOHN MARSHALL ROEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 64
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.