William Lester Newsome

Private First Class
B CO, 15TH CBT ENGRS, 9 INF DIV
Army of the United States
04 February 1946 - 25 February 1968
New Rochelle, New York
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9 INF DIV

15TH ENG BN 		Engineers

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for William Lester Newsome

06 Aug 2004

William is remembered by the men of the 15th Combat Engineer Battalion and the men of Bravo company with whom he served. William was killed when Fire Support Base Jaeger was overrun.

Five other men from the Battalion were killed in the battle:

More information and a complete list of
the men who died that day can be found on the
FSB Jaeger Memorial



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
one who remembers,
Robert Sage
rsage@austin.rr.com
 6 Aug 2004


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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Last updated 09/03/2005