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LEROY NEWSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1945 – August 9, 1968
Service recordLeroy Newson JR, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 37
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1968
- WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEILColonel · August 9, 1968
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.