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TERRY CURTIS NEWKIRK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1948 – December 24, 1969
Service recordTerry Curtis Newkirk, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 91
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 91
- PATRICK ROBERT MARTINAirman First Class · December 24, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD MITCHELLLance Corporal · December 24, 1969
- EDWARD MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1969
- DAVID RAMPPrivate First Class · December 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD IRVY BEACHSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 89
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.