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JERRY LESTER NEWBRAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1944 – September 25, 1966
Service recordJerry Lester Newbrand, of Hyrum, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 16
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Hyrum, Utah (Cache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 16
- JAMES EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- RONNIE LEE NOSEFFCorporal · September 25, 1966
- VERNON HOWARD PARKER JRCorporal · September 25, 1966
- JERRY DEAN PILLSBURYPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES CALLOWAYSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 13
- ROBERT DAWYNE FELLOWSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 14
- LARRY WILLIAM WHITCOMESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 18
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.