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WILLIAM THEODORE NORRIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 30, 1947 – March 17, 1967
Service recordWilliam Theodore Norris, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 103
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 103
- OTTO DALE TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD WOLFINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- CLAYTON MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD EARL MEHLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
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.