Norman Van Cor

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Norman W. VanCor served in United States Marine Corps from 1968-1971. His service brought him to Viet Nam from 1968-1969, as a Radio Operator in the Third Marine Division, Third Recon Battalion, Quang Tri (most northerly base camp below DMZ). He was awarded the Navy Cross and the Cross of Gallantry (S. Vietnamese highest military honor), among other decorations. Back home in New England, Norman worked for many years in senior positions at the Connecticut Light and Power Company and Yankee Energy System, Inc. He is a Corporator of Bradley Memorial Hospital, and an Incorporator, President and President Emeritus of the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association, as well as an American Red Cross 30+ gallon blood donor, a State of Connecticut certified Master Gardener, and an authorized interviewer for the Library of Congress “Veterans Living History Project”, and the Chaplain of Brattleboro’s Marine Corps League Detachment 798 and of American Legion Post 245, Ashfield Mass. He retired to New Hampshire in 2013 with wife, Elaine.

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