Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 20-Jul-1947
Hometown: Heltonville, Indiana
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 25-Mar-1968
Start of tour: 25-Aug-1968
Incident date: 11-Nov-1968
Date of casualty: 11-Nov-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Vehicle Crash (MC). Vehicle loss or crash.
Lanny Joseph Norman died from wound received while passenger on military vehicle returning from combat operation when the gun on a tank accidentally discharged striking his vehicle. / (Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao.)
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Lane Carston Johnson
PFC Lanny Joseph Norman
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam, YS 454 869*
Place of interment: Gilgal Cemetery, Heltonville, Indiana, USA
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