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NORMAN RICHARD KIDD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 6, 1936 – May 26, 1967
Service recordNorman Richard Kidd JR, of Montrose, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D TRP 3 SQD 5 CAV
- Born
- September 6, 1936
- Home of record
- Montrose, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 118
- XAVIER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- SIGFRID R KARLSTROMFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
- ALLAN HOWARD KELLERMANNLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
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.