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NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordNormand Camille Deschaine, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 21
- KEVIN MARK COYNELance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- DONALD MERRITT CUFFStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1968
- DAVID ERNEST DIXONCorporal · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · June 7, 1968
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 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.