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WILLIAM J NEWTON
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 8, 1922 – October 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam J Newton, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 23, 1966, in Thailand, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 8, 1922
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1966
- Age
- 44
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 101
- THOMAS FRANCIS FLAHIVELance Corporal · October 23, 1966
- TULLIO PATRICK IODICE JRAirman First Class · October 23, 1966
- JIMMY DOYLE PHIPPSSergeant · October 23, 1966
- FRANCIS PAUL ROSEBRUGHLance Corporal · October 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 100
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.