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RICHARD ERIC NEWTON
Captain · U.S. Army
December 7, 1929 – April 6, 1967
Service recordRichard Eric Newton, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 128 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1929
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 113
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- HENRY EDWARD PATENAUDESergeant First Class · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH PAULSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- TED BARNETT PETERSONLance Corporal · April 6, 1967
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.