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MICHAEL A NEWKIRK
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 18, 1947 – April 28, 1966
Service recordMichael A Newkirk, of Watha, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Watha, North Carolina (Pender County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 5
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- ANTHONY ANGELO GENNOCROSpecialist Four · April 28, 1966
- CLEMENT B JOHNSTON JRLance Corporal · April 28, 1966
- MOSES CALVIN LEESpecialist Four · April 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.