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NORMAN RADEAN BETTIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – January 31, 1969
Service recordNorman Radean Bettis, of Osceola, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Osceola, Iowa (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 28
- RONALD CHAPMANFireman · January 31, 1969
- IRVIN WILLIS PROSSER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- DAVID RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM AMBROSE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 23
- DAVID RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 28
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.