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NEWELL F APPLEGATE SR
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
July 28, 1929 – April 10, 1971
Service recordNewell F Applegate SR, of Eureka, Kansas, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 114
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Eureka, Kansas (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 114
- JAMES HENRY ABRAMStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1971
- WILLIAM RENARD FURRSergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- WILBUR GREENESergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- CARROLL BAXTER LILLYLieutenant Colonel · April 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 115
- JOHN HOWDEN FRANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 115
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 116
- HUGH MICHAEL PETTITWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 117
From Eureka
- GEORGE LEROY SAMUELSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN LEWISSergeant · August 26, 1966
- DANNY LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAWTHORNEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- DONALD DEAN WINNSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
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.