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GERALD RAYMOND NEWBROUGH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – December 12, 1967
Service recordGerald Raymond Newbrough, of Alden, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Alden, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 84
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES KUGELMANNSpecialist Five · December 12, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 83
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 84
From Alden
- DAVID LLOYD PARKERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DAVID JAMES OHMSergeant · July 20, 1968
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.