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BRIAN RICHARD MCNEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – May 18, 1969
Service recordBrian Richard McNew, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 46
- GARY DEAN MCCRAYCorporal · May 18, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD MOVCHANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN LAURENCE NALLSCaptain · May 18, 1969
- BOBBY GENE NEWBYCorporal · May 18, 1969
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 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.