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BOBBY JOE NEWMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1944 – March 24, 1969
Service recordBobby Joe Newman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- CURTIS ONCHIFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1969
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE J SANDFER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 29
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 31
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.