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EDWIN GRANT NEWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1944 – May 19, 1968
Service recordEdwin Grant Newell, of Xenia, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Xenia, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 19
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM BERNARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- WALLACE R THORSON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- DWIGHT THEODORE VALRIEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LOUIS AKELSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 4
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 4
- JOHN DENNIS DONOVANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 8
- ROBERT EARL JENKINSSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
From Xenia
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN DYECorporal · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL L MANGANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- WILLIAM GRIGABY PHILLIPSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SANFORD JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GROOMSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE RITCHChief Petty Officer · January 21, 1969
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · September 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.