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ROY C NEWSOME
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – May 23, 1969
Service recordRoy C Newsome, of Somers, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 88
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Somers, Connecticut (Tolland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 88
- EDWARD MENDEZ-QUINTANASpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- JOHN DAVID OLENICKSergeant · May 23, 1969
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · May 23, 1969
- RONALD RAY WARDPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 83
- VAUGHN ONEIL HALLCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 84
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 87
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 89
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 89
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 90
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 90
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.