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TIM EDWIN NEWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – September 9, 1970
Service recordTim Edwin Newell, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 49
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
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 49
- ELTON WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILFORD AVON YOUNGSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 51
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.