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ROBERT MARION NEWBERG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1936 – November 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Marion Newberg, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 102
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
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 102
- GUY EDWIN MCKEAN JRSergeant · November 20, 1969
- JOSEPH CRAIG PETERSSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROGER STEVEN POWERSSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH PRUDENStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GUY EDWIN MCKEAN JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 102
- BARRY JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 103
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.