Newsom, Benjamin Byrd, Col

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Last Rank
Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1575A-Electronic Warfare Officer

Last AFSC Group
Electronic Warfare

Primary Unit
1966-1966, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing

Service Years
1943 - 1966

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Home State

Virginia

Virginia

Year of Birth
1925

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Casualty Info

Home Town Madison	Last Address Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand

Casualty Date Jul 26, 1966
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery - Madison, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates 09E 063

Official Badges

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Vietnam Veterans Memorial


	1966, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

Various Air Missions over North Vietnam
From Month/Year January / 1965	To Month/Year May / 1973
Description Various Air Missions and sorties over North Vietnam

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year January / 1966	To Month/Year December / 1966

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

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Adams, Lee Aaron, 1st Lt, (1963-1966)

Adams, Oley Neal, SSgt, (1956-1966)

Adams, Steven Harold, A2C, (1965-1966)

Alberton, Bobby Joe, CMSgt, (1955-1966)

Alfred, Gerald Oak, Maj, (1964-1966)

Allen, Thomas Ray, Maj, (1963-1967)

Ammon, Glendon Lee, Col, (1954-1966)

Anderson, Warren Leroy, Col, (1956-1966)

Angstadt, Ralph Harold, Lt Col, (1951-1966)

Asire, Donald Henry, Col, (1953-1966)

Austin, Charles David, Maj, (1965-1967)

Austin, Joseph Clair, Col, (1948-1967)

Avolese, Paul Andrew, Maj, (1953-1967)

Ballard, Arthur Theodore, Lt Col, (1954-1975)

Ballsmith, James, Maj, (1957-1977)

Bancroft, William Warner, 1st Lt, (1967-1970)

Barbay, Lawrence, Lt Col, (1956-1979)

Baugh, William Joseph, Col, (1956-1981)

Biediger, Larry William, Col, (1953-1967)

Bliss, Ronald Glenn, Capt, (1964-1974)

Bluford, Guion Stewart, Col, (1964-1993)

Broughton, Jacksel Markham, Col, (1945-1968)

Browning, Ralph Thomas, Brig Gen, (1964-1992)

Burdett, Edward Burke, Brig Gen, (1943-1967)

Burgess, James, Lt Col, (1966-1987)

Burroughs, William David, Col, (1955-1976)

Bush, Robert Edward, Lt Col, (1955-1966)

Carrier, Daniel Lewis, Capt, (1965-1967)

Chute, Clarence Wellwood, MSgt, (1951-1976)

Clark, Arthur, Capt

Clark, Donald E., Capt, (1960-1966)

Clark, Lawrence, CMSgt, (1952-1966)

Conley, Eugene Ogden, Lt Col, (1944-1967)

Cooper, William Earl, Col, (1942-1966)

Crecca, Joseph, Maj, (1964-1978)

Dethlefsen, Merlyn Hans, Col, (1954-1977)

DiDia, Frank, MSgt, (1957-1978)

Donovan, Jack, Capt

Dramesi, John Arthur, Col, (1955-1982)

Driscoll, Jerry Donald, Col, (1963-1987)

Dudash, John Francis, Col, (1950-1967)

Dyczkowski, Robert Raymond, Lt Col, (1954-1966)

Earll, David John, Lt Col, (1960-1966)

Edmondson, William Rothroc, Maj, (1962-1966)

Estey, Ron, A1C, (1964-1968)

Fieszel, Clifford Wayne, Lt Col, (1963-1968)

Finney, Arthur Thomas, Col, (1948-1966)

Fitton, Crosley James, Lt Col, (1953-1968)

Gideon, Willard Selleck, Col, (1952-1983)

Gilchrist, Robert Michael, Maj, (1963-1966)

Greco, Lee Attilio, Maj, (1954-1966)

Gregory, Robert Raymond, Lt Col, (1949-1966)

Grenzebach, Earl Wilfred, Col, (1954-1967)

Griffin, Tom, TSgt, (1966-1986)

Griffith, William C., SSgt, (1952-1972)

Grubb, Wilmer Newlin, Lt Col, (1955-1966)

Hall, Donald Joe, CMSgt, (1955-1967)

Hamby, Carl, Lt Col, (1952-1977)

Hamm, James, CMSgt, (1962-2005)

Hauer, Leslie John, Col, (1950-1967)

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Hoeksema, Peter P., Lt Col, (1960-1980)

Holcombe, Kenneth E., Capt

Huddleston, Harold, Lt Col, (1950-1982)

Irwin, Robert Harry, Lt Col, (1960-1972)

James, Daniel, Gen, (1942-1978)

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Johnson, Samuel Robert, Col, (1951-1979)

Jones, Donald R., MSgt, (1960-1980)

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McClelland, Marc, M., Brig Gen, (1954-1987)

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