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CALVIN EUGENE NEWELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1948 – April 18, 1967
Service recordCalvin Eugene Newell, of Plain City, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Plain City, Ohio (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 46
- ROGER EDWARD MATHISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1967
- THOMAS DEAL MENDENHALLMajor · April 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RHINEHospitalman · April 18, 1967
- WILLIE FRANK AMOSPrivate · April 19, 1967
From Plain City
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · March 14, 1968
- JAMES RONALD CULWELLLance Corporal · November 15, 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.