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VAN ALLEN NORRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordVan Allen Norris, of Union Springs, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Union Springs, Alabama (Bullock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 10
- CARL THOMAS MCCOY JRSpecialist Five · May 29, 1968
- JAMES RAY MULLINSLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE MYERSPrivate · May 29, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANANIAS BOYDSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- LAURENCE CURTIS CAPLANSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 5
From Union Springs
- ROBERT LEWIS PERRYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- BOOKER T DAVIE JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- LAMAR MCLEODSpecialist Four · October 14, 1970
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.