Wayne Ellsworth Newberry

Vietnam War
Unit6th Special Operations Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromEast St. Louis Illinois
Date of DeathSeptember 29 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Newberry was a member of the 6th Special Operations Squadron. On September 29, 1968, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Skyraider (A-1H) on a mission over Saravane Province, Laos, when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.