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STANLEY VICTOR NEWMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1949 – July 15, 1970
Service recordStanley Victor Newman, of Oak Grove, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Oak Grove, Virginia (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 20
- EDWARD REYES DIAZSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
- CLIFFORD GRAYLance Corporal · July 15, 1970
- JIMMY LEE HILLWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
From Oak Grove
- ROBERT EUGENE LUCASPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
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.