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NORMAN WESLEY TARPLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1945 – April 16, 1968
Service recordNorman Wesley Tarpley, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 23
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 23
- LEROY TOWNESCorporal · April 16, 1968
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- NATHAN WASH JRStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES WELLS JRPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD CONRAD BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 11
- GARY PAUL MERINGAPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 18
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 21
- SAMMY RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 22
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 23
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.