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JAMES VERNON NEWENDORP
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1942 – October 1, 1971
Service recordJames Vernon Newendorp, of Alton, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 1, 1971, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 33
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Alton, Iowa (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 33
- CLAYTON PLOURDESpecialist Four · October 1, 1971
- ROBERT ERVIN THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1971
- ROBERT ONNIE GOODMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1971
From Alton
- GEORGE EDWARD DEHNERPrivate First Class · October 19, 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.