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JAMES EDWARD NEWKIRK
Airman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
September 26, 1948 – July 29, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Newkirk, of Pensacola, Florida, served as an Airman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman Apprentice (AA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 37
- GARY EUGENE NEWBYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- RONALD ROY OGRINCFireman · July 29, 1967
- ROBIN LEE OLMSTEADPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.