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ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1951 – February 14, 1971
Service recordAndrew Jackson Newcombe, of Lexington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Delivery Man (7141)
- Born
- August 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Lexington, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 103
- DOUGLAS LEE HORNSpecialist Four · February 14, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT JESKESergeant · February 14, 1971
- PERRY METZLERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1971
- RONALD CALVIN RUFFPrivate First Class · February 14, 1971
From Lexington
- HAROLD DANIEL MCCARNCaptain · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD ROOSEVELT BANKSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MELTON JRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · October 23, 1967
- SAMUEL F HOLLIFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL HESTERCorporal · December 24, 1968
- RONALD FRED LEONARDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
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.