Gerald Owen Norton

Gerald Owen Norton was one of the first two Iowans Killed in the Vietnam War. Moulton native Norton and Dubuque native Griffin were killed on October 6, 1962 in a helicopter crash in the Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam. The chopper experienced mechanical failure and struck a mountain southeast of the Tam Ky Airfield. Norton was among seven Americans killed in the accident. Norton served in the Navy as a hospital corpsman 2nd Class. He was 23 years old at the time of his death. His body was returned to Iowa and buried at the Hardin Cemetery in Moulton.