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THOMAS WILEY NORMAN JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 24, 1943 – September 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Wiley Norman JR, of Roper, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 13, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Roper, North Carolina (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 78
- JAMES ARTHUR BURNSFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK CAMERONCaptain · September 13, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- THOMAS GLENN CORNWELLPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
From Roper
- LESTER EARL DOWNINGPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
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.