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THOMAS LEE NORWOOD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – February 11, 1970
Service recordThomas Lee Norwood JR, of Abbeville, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 128
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 128
- ROBERT ROY DAVISSergeant · February 11, 1970
- MARLIN TRENT PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DUANE PUETZSergeant · February 11, 1970
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LANNIE RAY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 124
- RICHARD BOUCHE DAVIS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 125
- TIMOTHY LEWIS MCCURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
From Abbeville
- JAMES LYONS JRStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1966
- STEPHEN JACKSON WELSHLieutenant Colonel · March 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.