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ROBERT NORMAN NORRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1950 – December 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Norman Norris, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Towanda, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 72
- RICHARD WAGNER FRANK IIWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1969
- MACEY LEE RUCKERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1969
- RICHARD GARY BUCCILLESpecialist Four · December 20, 1969
- GERALD EUGENE BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
From Towanda
- JOHN GARTH TOWNERCorporal · December 26, 1965
- ALDON MACKAY ASHERMAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- LEO EARL SEYMOURSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAHONEYSpecialist Five · January 29, 1968
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 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.