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NORMAN ROBERT MAYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1946 – March 11, 1967
Service recordNorman Robert Mayer, of Youngstown, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Youngstown, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 62
- RONALD LEE MANLEYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- DOUGLAS O MUNDHENKESpecialist Five · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY ROBERT JA CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 55
- FREDERICK ALTON HITSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 59
- ALLAN BRUCE MCCUTCHEONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 63
- RICHARD BARRY SAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
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.