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NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – August 22, 1968
Service recordNewell Ferrell Leigh JR, of Baxley, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 29
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Baxley, Georgia (Appling County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 29
- GILBERT KINGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- VERLYN GWEN MEYERCaptain · August 22, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 25
- JAMES BLAIN CARLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 26
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 27
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 33
From Baxley
- HARLEY DANIEL BECKWORTHStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- MALVIN LOWE NASWORTHY JRCorporal · May 16, 1966
- IRA WINARD WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- KENNETH ROGER RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 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.