Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 1-Jul-1947
Hometown: Osceola, Iowa
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 6-Jun-1968
Start of tour: 29-Oct-1968
Incident date: 31-Jan-1969
Date of casualty: 31-Jan-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Norman Radean Bettis died from wounds and burns received while driver of a military vehicle when vehicle hit a hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa, USA
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