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NORMAN WAYNE PARTRIDGE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 12, 1944 – September 16, 1968
Service recordNorman Wayne Partridge, of Towanda, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 8
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Towanda, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 8
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OSKILANECLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- TONY GORDON POWELLSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- JOSE MANUEL QUESNEYCorporal · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 5
- SAMUEL REED SUMMERFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 10
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.