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CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMB
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 7, 1940 – February 5, 1971
Service recordClifton Curtis Newcomb, of Brownfield, Texas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 5, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- March 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Brownfield, Texas (Terry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 79
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
- JAMES LEE PAULWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
- DAVID ALBERT SEMMLERCorporal · February 5, 1971
From Brownfield
- WILLIE JOE BRAMLETSergeant · March 5, 1966
- EVARISTO SANDOVALSergeant · September 12, 1967
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JULIUS R ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN CLARK IIMajor · December 5, 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.