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NORMAN RALPH ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1942 – January 1, 1968
Service recordNorman Ralph Anderson, of Delaware, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Delaware, Ohio (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 11
- GREGORY EDMUND WERNERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- RAYMOND DEAN BRETCHESFirst Lieutenant · January 1, 1968
- ALVIA GRADY BRYANTCorporal · January 1, 1968
- TERENCE HIGGINS HANLEYLieutenant · January 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE FRENCHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 12
- PETER SHELL KLEINBERGCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 13
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 14
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 15
From Delaware
- RONALD DEAN POOLELance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- JOHN LEE ESPENSHIEDColonel · March 10, 1969
- LARRY WILLIAM MCKEESergeant · March 28, 1971
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.