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KENNETH RAY NEWSOME
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1946 – May 6, 1968
Service recordKenneth Ray Newsome, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 14
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 14
- TILGHMAN RICHARD MCLEMORECaptain · May 6, 1968
- PHILIP EUGENE PENNINGTONSergeant · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS PREMOCKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 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.