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JIMMY CHARLES NEWFIELD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1948 – June 12, 1968
Service recordJimmy Charles Newfield, of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 2
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Wynnewood, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 2
- KENNETH RAYMOND MENGELPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- LEONARD MARK MILLSLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS ODONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 1968
From Wynnewood
- ROSCOE WRIGHT JRCorporal · December 27, 1966
- GARY ALLENPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
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.