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NORMAND AURELE PLANTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – April 28, 1967
Service recordNormand Aurele Plante, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 110
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 20 MACV
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 110
- JOHN HERBERT CHEEKSCorporal · April 28, 1967
- JOSE L MARTINEZ-FELICIANOSergeant · April 28, 1967
- ROBERT HERBERT MILLERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CARMEN MUSCARASergeant First Class · April 28, 1967
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 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.