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Marine PFC Melvin Earl Newlin.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Wellsville
Last Address Wellsville, OH
Casualty Date Jul 04, 1967
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Spring Hill Cemetery - Wellsville, Ohio
Wall/Plot Coordinates Panel 23E Line 005/Section 18 Lot 47
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Union II
From Month/Year
May / 1967
To Month/Year
May / 1967
Description May 25 – Jun 5; 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and ARVN 6th Regiment search and destroy operation to entrap the NVA 3rd and 21st Regiments north of Tam Kỳ, Quảng Nam Province.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
May / 1967
To Month/Year
May / 1967
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Melvin wrote on June 30, 1967. "Just last month my company nearly got wiped out on Operation Union II."