Ed Mehl
It is with a heavy heart that I report to you and all the members of the USS Norris Shipmates Association that Ed passed away on August 15, 2023.
He fought a courageous fight with ALS, but succumbed to it this past Tuesday. My daughter, son-in-law and myself were there just about an hour before he passed away. I know his shipmates will mourn him too as he was always doing things to make people happy and he so loved and was proud to have been in the Navy.
His funeral mass will be held on Saturday, August 26th at St. Benedict Church, 2612 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21223 at 10am. if anyone close by can make it.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to St. Benedict Church.
Fondly,
Pat Mehl
DD/DDE 859
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Intensified operations in Vietnam called her with other ships of Destroyer Squadron 20 and they left Newport on 4 October for Panama and Yokosuka , arriving on 10 November. As they had in Korea, her guns supported troops ashore, first driving back Viet Cong attempting to overrun Vũng Tàu on 21 November. After four months on the gunline giving major service in the struggle to keep South Vietnam free, Norris completed a circumnavigation by returning via Suez to Newport, arriving on 25 April 1967.
Following east coast and Caribbean operations, Norris returned to the Mediterranean on 29 April 1968 for duty through the summer months. Returning to Newport in the fall, she deployed again from 9 May through December 1969. Into 1970 she continued on rotation between the 2nd Fleet and 6th Fleet.
