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MICHAEL THOMAS NEWELL
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 13, 1940 – December 14, 1966
Service recordMichael Thomas Newell, of Ellenville, New York, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 194 USS TICONDEROGA CVA 14
- Born
- June 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Ellenville, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 45
- EDWIN LEE KOENIGLieutenant Commander · December 14, 1966
- LEAMON RAY LADDPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
From Ellenville
- RICHARD FRANCIS MALOYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- ROBERT F WOODHOUSE JRCaptain · July 7, 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.