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NORMAND PAUL PERRON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 23, 1945 – February 16, 1969
Service recordNormand Paul Perron, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 47
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
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Glen Burnie, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 47
- HAROLD J VANWINKLE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- ROBERT WALTER WHITNEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL WOGANSergeant First Class · February 16, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM BELLPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 41
- KENNETH JERNIGAN LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 44
- RICK ALTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 45
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 45
From Glen Burnie
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SHORTERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- WILLIS FRANCIS HOUSEMaster Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
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.