The Wall › Panel 9W › Arkansas › Newton Steve Clement
NEWTON STEVE CLEMENT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – June 23, 1970
Service recordNewton Steve Clement, of Mena, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 82
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Mena, Arkansas (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 82
- THOMAS RICHARD BROWNSeaman · June 23, 1970
- DARRELL EDWARD BURNSSergeant · June 23, 1970
- HAROLD EUGENE COWANCorporal · June 23, 1970
- DENNIS JAMES DILLONSpecialist Five · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LOUIS BALDINICorporal · Panel 9W, Line 81
- DONALD ALBERT ROWLEYCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 86
- GEORGE ROBERT WALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 87
From Mena
- DONNELL DEAN MCMILLINSergeant · March 4, 1966
- PHILLIP ENOS ROSSONCorporal · February 28, 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.