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GRAYSON HENRY NEWBERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 24, 1945 – November 29, 1970
Service recordGrayson Henry Newberry, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 94
- ARTHUR JOHN MENNPrivate First Class · November 29, 1970
- CECIL GERALD MOYER JRCaptain · November 29, 1970
- DOUGLAS HAROLD PARRISSergeant · November 29, 1970
- NORBERT ALBERT PODHAJSKYCaptain · November 29, 1970
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.