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ZACHARY PHILLIP NEW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1949 – August 8, 1968
Service recordZachary Phillip New, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 32
- DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- LEONARD LEE MOORESergeant First Class · August 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE NOLDNERCorporal · August 8, 1968
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEAN BUSBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 28
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 29
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 30
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · Panel 49W, Line 31
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 33
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · Panel 49W, Line 33
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 33
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 34
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 34
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.