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KENNETH PURCELL NEWTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1944 – June 7, 1967
Service recordKenneth Purcell Newton, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 70
- JOY LEONARD OWENSColonel · June 7, 1967
- WAYNE MONROE PITTSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- HAROLD REEVES SALE JRCaptain · June 7, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERDENE BAKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 65
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 65
- WILLIAM LARRY EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 66
- REX ALFRED LADUKEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 69
- LUIS ENRE MILAN-ANAVITARTEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 69
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.