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MELVIN DEW NEWTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – March 29, 1968
Service recordMelvin Dew Newton, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 3
- DONALD B MCCOIGWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1968
- PAUL RAY MCFADDENSergeant · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE MULTHAUPTCorporal · March 29, 1968
- JON MICHAEL MURPHYSergeant · March 29, 1968
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 1970
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.