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THOMAS EUGENE NEWSTEAD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordThomas Eugene Newstead, of Buckley, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 66
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Buckley, Michigan (Wexford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- 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
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 66
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- MAURICE GLENN NEWMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- GREGORY LEROY NUTTERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MILTON DALE PATEFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 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.