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THOMAS FRANCIS NORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordThomas Francis Norton, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 32
- EDWIN DAVID PALMGRENColonel · April 22, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM PARCELLance Corporal · April 22, 1968
- HENRY PASILLASSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL GLEN PRICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAY WILLIAM BERG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 30
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 30
- GEORGE PAUL KLEINStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 31
- DANIEL MASONSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 31
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.