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DONALD WILLIAM NEWTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – January 15, 1967
Service recordDonald William Newton, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 37
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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
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 37
- DENIS NICHOLASCaptain · January 15, 1967
- RAYMOND SAMUEL ORRCorporal · January 15, 1967
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- JOHN R PRINCEStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.