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NORMAN ROBERT GOBLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – November 21, 1967
Service recordNorman Robert Goble, of Midland Park, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Midland Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 55
- WILLIE LEE BROADNAXPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- HAROLD ERVIN CUMBIEMaster Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- FRED RICHARD DODECorporal · November 21, 1967
- KINNETH GLENN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENT EUGENE BAHNSENSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 53
- WILLARD THURMAN BATEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 53
- DAVID RAWSON BLACKMAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 53
- GARY MAURICE BRIXENStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 54
- RODGER KENNETH CAINSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 54
- DAVID LEE EATONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 54
- DAVID ELSON HOMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 56
- FLOYD ALLAN HYDERCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 56
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 59
From Midland Park
- ALAN HARRY ZIMMERMANFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1967
- BRIAN FRANCIS WEDLAKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- STEVEN JOEL FOSTERCorporal · August 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES PARMERTERCaptain · June 22, 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.