Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F 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: 5-Mar-1948
Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
Marital status: Married to Sandra Von Ahrens
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 1-Apr-1968
Start of tour: 25-Aug-1968
Incident date: 10-Jan-1969
Date of casualty: 10-Jan-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Norman Lee Von Ahrens died from wounds received while on military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Springfield Township Cemetery, Holland, Ohio, USA
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