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MICHAEL R NEWBERN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1944 – October 22, 1966
Service recordMichael R Newbern, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 99
- WILLIAM BLUE KLENERTLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- CHARLES JOHN RILEYLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- ALAN IVAN SMITHSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALONZO ALLEN TEAGUEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOYD WELLINGTON ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 96
From Kennewick
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.