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BARRIE MYRON NEWTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1949 – May 5, 1969
Service recordBarrie Myron Newton, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Cherry Hill, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 7
- ROBERT DALE HARKERSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH MAHERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- ARTHUR T MALLINCKRODT JRSergeant · May 5, 1969
- HENRY CHARLES RAMSEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
From Cherry Hill
- GEORGE RICHARD OBERMEIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMSSergeant · November 4, 1967
- JONATHAN R VARSWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
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.