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DENNIS EARL NEWMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – July 15, 1969
Service recordDennis Earl Newman, of Monrovia, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 1
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Monrovia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 1
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD MCGUIREPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- KENNETH JOHN MEULEBROECKCorporal · July 15, 1969
- TEDDY EUGENE MIDDLETONCorporal · July 15, 1969
From Monrovia
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES B WILTSE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · January 6, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · April 7, 1969
- EDWARD LEE BORREGOSpecialist Four · October 15, 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.