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ROBERT LYON NORTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1933 – December 3, 1968
Service recordRobert Lyon Norton, of West Hartford, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmo/Ov-10 (I) (7576)
- Born
- November 18, 1933
- Home of record
- West Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 35
- FRED JOHN PAULPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS RANDALLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- HAROLD JACK ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- LESLIE DONALD ROSEKRANSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
From West Hartford
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- JOHN HENRY WELCH IIISecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
- MARK HANNAY DIXONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNGLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
- NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JRLieutenant · May 17, 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.