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RONALD EUGENE NEWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – July 7, 1969
Service recordRonald Eugene Newell, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 77
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- JAMES LOYD OHARASergeant · July 7, 1969
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE SHAFFNERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 73
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 73
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 74
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 76
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 78
From Shippensburg
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · May 5, 1964
- GARY LEE LININGERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- DONALD LEROY THOMASPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DANA EDWARD DIEHLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- JAMES BIRCH PETTEYSWarrant Officer 1 · January 15, 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.