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FRANK CHARLES NEWMAN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 5, 1927 – February 24, 1970
Service recordFrank Charles Newman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 51
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (51980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1927
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 51
- ERNEST LYKURGUS BROWN JRChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINSLance Corporal · February 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.