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DEAN OLIVER NEWSOME
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1949 – August 19, 1968
Service recordDean Oliver Newsome, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 2
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 2
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- EDWARD AUSTIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN PACESergeant · August 19, 1968
- JACK POOLA PASHANOSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.