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DONALD STEPHEN NEWTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1942 – February 26, 1966
Service recordDonald Stephen Newton, of San Pedro, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 26, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 81
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1942
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 26, 1966
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5E, Line 81
- ERNEST ALBERT LAROCHEPrivate · February 26, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT D WILLIAMS JRCorporal · February 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS DESALES WILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 82
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.