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WILLIAM ARNOLD NORWOOD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1948 – March 16, 1970
Service recordWilliam Arnold Norwood, of Darlington, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Darlington, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 7
- HARRY CHARLEMONT MARTINLieutenant Commander · March 16, 1970
- JAMES MADISON MASTERS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
- GEORGE LEE MORNINGSTARLieutenant · March 16, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
From Darlington
- WALTER WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- LEROY JEFFERSONStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPHLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.