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NEWMAN RAY NESMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1943 – December 12, 1963
Service recordNewman Ray Nesmith, of Sylvania, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Uh-60 Helicopter Repairer (67T)
- Born
- October 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Sylvania, Georgia (Screven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1963
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 37
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- MICHAEL PETER MARTIN JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1963
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
From Sylvania
- EMORY MOREL SMITHStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- JOE CLEVELAND BERRYCorporal · September 24, 1968
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · May 31, 1969
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.