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RICHARD DALE NORWOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – September 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Dale Norwood, of Orange Cove, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Orange Cove, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 96
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- ROY GREEN HARRIS JRPlatoon Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- STANLEY HORTONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- TERRY LEE OAKDENSergeant · September 20, 1967
From Orange Cove
- ARTHUR JAMES BEACHCaptain · March 20, 1966
- EDILBERTO GARCIALance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.