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BOYD KEITH NEWBOLD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – July 21, 1969
Service recordBoyd Keith Newbold, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 31
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 31
- RAYMOND JOSEPH PALANDROPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- ROGER ROGELIO PANGANSergeant · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PARNELLSergeant · July 21, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
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.