VIETNAM - VON AHRENS, NORMAN LEE

Von Ahrens, Norman Lee

VIETNAM - VON AHRENS, NORMAN LEE
VON AHRENS, NORMAN LEE

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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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 35W 068 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)