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RONALD ELLIS NEWMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 22, 1950 – April 26, 1970
Service recordRonald Ellis Newman, of Starke, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Starke, Florida (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 55
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- DAVID JEROME GEISERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- CHARLES RAY KINGPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- EUDELL LEO KOTROUSCorporal · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 55
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 56
- JOSE GILBERTO VAZQUEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 56
From Starke
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · June 2, 1966
- LEON BUTLER TRIESTCaptain · October 24, 1966
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- LAWRENCE RUTHERFORD KIMBLERSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CREWSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES GUY BLACKSHEARSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 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.