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OTIS LESLIE NORRIS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1946 – October 18, 1968
Service recordOtis Leslie Norris JR, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 1
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 1
- DANIEL JOSEPH NOBLEConstructionman · October 18, 1968
- DANNY LEE ROSECorporal · October 18, 1968
- RANDALL EDWARD WELCHSergeant · October 18, 1968
- ROBERTO GONZALEZ-MORALESSergeant · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DARRALL BENNETTSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 72
- LESTER CLEO MCGINNIS IISergeant · Panel 41W, Line 74
- RANDALL EDWARD WELCHSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 1
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
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.