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ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JR
Major · U.S. Army
August 4, 1932 – August 12, 1966
Service recordErman Milford Newman JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 4, 1932
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 133
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- PERCY W MCCLATCHYStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- GERALD LERVERNE MENTZERSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.