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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Allen Truman Newman.

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ALLEN TRUMAN NEWMAN

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

February 24, 1943 – June 3, 1967

Service record

Allen Truman Newman, of Holiday, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21E · Line 50

Position of Panel 21E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
February 24, 1943
Home of record
Holiday, Texas (Denton County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 3, 1967
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 21E, Line 50

Same unit, same day

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.