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MICHAEL CARL NEWMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – February 6, 1967
Service recordMichael Carl Newman, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 131
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 131
- KENNETH JACK FLETCHERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAY ROBBINSWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 126
- KENNETH JACK FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 131
- RICHARD DEWITT B SHEPHERDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 1
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SIGMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 1
- VICTOR GENE SPRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 1
- ROGER LEE TANNERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 2
- RUSSEL LEE WATSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 3
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
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.