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BERNARD JOSEPH NEWHOUSE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 28, 1946 – April 21, 1968
Service recordBernard Joseph Newhouse, of St Johns, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- St Johns, Michigan (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MERRITT NEELEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEE OLLOMPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
From St Johns
- ROCKY RAND SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RONALD JAMES FITCHPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · July 21, 1970
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · February 1, 1971
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.