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JOHNNY NEWSOME
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 23, 1949 – September 27, 1969
Service recordJohnny Newsome, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 13
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 13
- ROBERT LEE HENNEGHANSergeant · September 27, 1969
- JOHN NORMAN HUNTLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1969
- TOMMY ROY THOMASSergeant · September 27, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY TONONSpecialist Four · September 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE HENNEGHANSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 13
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.