Vietnam War
Unit | 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division |
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Rank | Corporal U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Kokomo Indiana |
Date of Death | August 29 1967 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Corporal Newburn was a rifleman with Company E, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. On August 29, 1967, he was crossing a stream five miles east of Di An, South Vietnam when his raft tipped over drowning him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.