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THOMAS CLIFTON NEWKIRK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – September 10, 1966
Service recordThomas Clifton Newkirk, of Saugerties, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Saugerties, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 83
- LANDER RAY FRALEYLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- JOHN FREDRICK GREILINGPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- THOMAS WILFORD KNIGHTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 82
From Saugerties
- WILLIAM FREDRICK STEIGERStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1966
- WAYNE CHESTER MYERSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- PAUL LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN WINTERSSergeant · April 22, 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.