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CLYDE EDWARD NEWMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordClyde Edward Newman, of Tonopah, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Tonopah, Nevada (Nye County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 64
- CALVIN ALAN PARKSLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- ARTHUR CARLYLE PEREZPetty Officer First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EMMETT JACK PETERSLance Corporal · May 8, 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.