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RICHARD NORMA PINSONNAULT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 5, 1947 – July 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Norma Pinsonnault, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- North Attleboro, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 38
- GREGORY KEITH REEVESPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM KENNETH REGANSergeant · July 7, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · July 7, 1968
- SHARBER MAYFIELD ROWESergeant · July 7, 1968
From North Attleboro
- PAUL EDWARD ROBITAILLEGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- ALBERT ALFRED STLAWRENCESergeant · June 8, 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.