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WILLIAM NORRIS LOCKETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – December 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Norris Lockett, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 3
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
- Avionics Mechanic (35K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 3
- TERRY WAYNE HOLMESSpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 1967
- TERRY AUGUSTA JONESPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.