Personal narratives are not non-fiction because a narrative is fiction. Also, it depends on how you write your personal narrative.
Donovan Campbell has written: 'Joker one' -- subject(s): American Personal narratives, Biography & Autobiography, Campaigns, Iraq War, 2003-, Nonfiction, OverDrive, Personal narratives, American, Iraq War, 2003-2011
Jill Bolte Taylor has written: 'My stroke of insight' -- subject(s): Biography, Cerebrovascular disease, Health, Large type books, Nonfiction, OverDrive, Patients, Personal narratives, Rehabilitation, Science, Stroke, Personal Narratives
Y. Schmidhauser has written: 'Otto Mueller' -- subject(s): Biography, World War, 1939-1945, Russian Germans, Personal narratives, Russian, Personal narratives, German, Personal narratives, Russian German, German Personal narratives, Russian Personal narratives, Russian German Personal narratives
Artem Borovik has written: 'Afganistan' -- subject(s): Biography, History, Journalists, Journeys, Personal narratives, Russian, Personal narratives, Soviet, Russian Personal narratives, Soviet Personal narratives, Travel
Harold Baldwin has written: '\\' -- subject(s): World War, 1914-1918, Campaigns, English Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Canadian Personal narratives
Patricia Raybon has written: 'My first white friend' -- subject(s): Race relations, Racism, OverDrive, Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Personal Narratives, Race Relations, Prejudice
If you are calling it fiction, no. You can write anything as fiction with a narrator who uses "I" and describes actions and events as if he or she were really there. They can be completely made up. If the narrative is billed as a memoir or as nonfiction, yes, it has to be true.
Klaartje de Zwarte-Walvisch has written: 'Alles ging aan flarden' -- subject(s): Jewish Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945, Dutch Personal narratives, Personal narratives 'Alles ging aan flarden' -- subject(s): Jewish Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945, Dutch Personal narratives, Personal narratives
Roger Boutefeu has written: 'Le Mur blanc' 'Je reste un barbare' 'Les camarades' -- subject(s): French Personal narratives, German Personal narratives, Personal narratives, French, Personal narratives, German, World War, 1914-1918
Pierre Tisseyre has written: '55 heures de guerre' -- subject(s): Biography, Canada, Canada. Canadian Army, Canadian Personal narratives, French Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Canadian, Personal narratives, French, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945
Helga Deen has written: 'Dit is om nooit meer te vergeten' -- subject(s): Concentration camps, Correspondence, Diaries, Dutch Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jewish Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Dutch, Personal narratives, Jewish, Vught (Concentration camp), Westerbork (Concentration camp), World War, 1939-1945
No because narrative is a general topic while personal narrative is a more specific topic. But if we're going to look at their similarities, they are somehow the same thing.....