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THOMAS ANDREW NORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1948 – November 13, 1968
Service recordThomas Andrew Norris, of Jonben, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Jonben, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 61
- THOMAS HENRY KLOSTERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- STEPHEN MORLEY MACCALLUMSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MAYBERRYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- THOMAS W MORRISCorporal · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JRCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- DONALD LARRY KEETERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 60
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 62
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 62
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.