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WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOME
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1946 – February 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lester Newsome, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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 41E, Line 26
- HENRY MCDONALD IIIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE MCKENZIELance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- FRANK DENNIS ORTEGAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- EARL EPHRAIM PARKERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MAXIE EDWARD ACKERMANCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 15
- JAMES CURTIS BLOUNTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 16
- JOE HENRY BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 17
- RONNIE LEE CLARKCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 18
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 19
- MANUELITO LEOPOLD HERRERACorporal · Panel 41E, Line 21
- GORDON KAY HUGHESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 22
- STANLEY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 22
- DENNIS EUGENE LANECorporal · Panel 41E, Line 23
- LESLIE ROSS LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 24
- RICHARD BYERS MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 25
- EARL EPHRAIM PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 26
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 27
- RICHARD MICHAEL SCALACorporal · Panel 41E, Line 28
- DANIEL RICHARD SCHUERENCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 28
- MICHAEL DAVID SHEAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 29
- ROBERT LOUIS SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 29
- EDWARD SINGLETON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 29
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 32
- FREDERICK THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 33
- MICHAEL CHARLES ZELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 34
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARBOURPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 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.