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MORRIS DWAINE NEW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1943 – May 24, 1967
Service recordMorris Dwaine New, of Austin, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAHALANEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- BERNARD LEE FRANKESergeant · May 24, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.