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WAYNE PAUL NEWCOMB
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 29, 1945 – February 2, 1968
Service recordWayne Paul Newcomb, of Scituate, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 80
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Scituate, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 80
- ALFRED LEE MCNABBPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OATESSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
- HILBERTO ORTEGAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- WAYNE LEROY SAPPGunnery Sergeant · February 2, 1968
From Scituate
- JOHN F LAZAROVICH JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- JOSEPH THOMAS HUNTCorporal · January 27, 1968
- HAROLD CHARLES WHITTAKERStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- ROBERT DAVID RHODESCorporal · May 27, 1970
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.