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W H NORMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1936 – February 23, 1966
Service recordW H Norman, of Macclenny, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 7, 1936
- Home of record
- Macclenny, Florida (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 67
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
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.