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CLARENCE MATTHEWS NEWCOMB
Captain · U.S. Army
April 17, 1928 – June 25, 1965
Service recordClarence Matthews Newcomb, of Chestertown, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 19
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 17, 1928
- Home of record
- Chestertown, Maryland (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 19
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- PETER MONGILARDI JRCommander · June 25, 1965
- ROBERT JOHN SMITHAirman First Class · June 25, 1965
- CHARLES ALTON WILLIAMSONStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 17
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 19
From Chestertown
- RAYMOND LESTER ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
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.