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CRAIG ALLEN NEWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – June 10, 1969
Service recordCraig Allen Newell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 14
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 14
- JAMES ARTHUR KRUSEPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- ANDREW ALAN KUHNLance Corporal · June 10, 1969
- JAMES DAVID KURTOWICZStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALEX NORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 11
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 13
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.