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LARRY GENE NEWBERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1949 – September 30, 1968
Service recordLarry Gene Newberry, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 49
- DAVID LYNN JUDYLance Corporal · September 30, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE MCCLAINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- FRANKLIN LLOYD MCPHAILWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JAMES BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 45
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.