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WARD NORTON III
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – January 19, 1970
Service recordWard Norton III, of Albion, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Albion, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 47
- JOHN MURL MCDAIDSergeant · January 19, 1970
- OSCAR FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 19, 1970
- MEL ERNEST SALAZAR JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SCHRADERLance Corporal · January 19, 1970
From Albion
- THOMAS ALLEN WARRENPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- SILAS WILLIAM PAROBEKPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.