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WILLIAM GUNTHER NORBERG
Major · U.S. Army
June 2, 1933 – June 7, 1966
Service recordWilliam Gunther Norberg, of North Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1933
- Home of record
- North Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 18
- JOHN BENNIE LASKEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- IRA HILTON PERKINS JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1966
- MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 18
From North Providence
- THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINISpecialist Four · May 27, 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.