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WIELAND CLYDE NORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1943 – June 3, 1970
Service recordWieland Clyde Norris, of Rolling Hills, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Rolling Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 5
- RICHARD LEE KESTERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- DANIEL ROSS PARTINSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD F PEACOCKSergeant · June 3, 1970
- RONALD EDWIN ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1970
From Rolling Hills
- MAXIM CHARLES PARKERSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLARD SHERWIN PRESCOTTCorporal · May 29, 1967
- FRANCIS GILBERT HENRYPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.