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NORMAN WAYNE VINCENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – January 2, 1967
Service recordNorman Wayne Vincent, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 112
- SAMMY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- HAROLD THOMAS WILSONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- CURTIS TADASHI ANDOPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 108
- WALTER L GOSHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 108
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 109
- WILBUR LINWOOD KOHRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 110
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 111
- JOHN HENRY OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 111
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.