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GEORGE NEW JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1938 – July 29, 1967
Service recordGeorge New JR, of Fresno, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 36
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM VICTOR MCQUADEPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH R NATOLISecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL ARNDTCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 14
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 14
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 16
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 22
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 28
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 30
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 37
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.