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JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMB
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1948 – July 17, 1966
Service recordJames Dwight Newcomb, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 30
- DANIEL LEON MORTLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- ANTHONY TREVISANOSpecialist Five · July 17, 1966
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- ARTHUR BENJAMIN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.