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  • Melvin E. Newlin
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  • Private First Class Melvin Earl Newlin (September 27, 1948 – July 4, 1967) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in July 1967 during the Vietnam War.
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Unit
  • 2
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Number
  • 0
serviceyears
  • 1966
Birth Date
  • 1948-09-27
Branch
death place
  • Killed in action in Vietnam
Name
  • Melvin Earl Newlin
Type
  • award-star
  • service-star
Caption
  • Melvin E. Newlin, Medal of Honor recipient
Width
  • 106
Ribbon
  • Medal of Honor ribbon.svg
  • National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • Purple Heart BAR.svg
  • Vietnam Service Ribbon.svg
  • Vietnam Campaign Medal Ribbon.png
  • Vietnam gallantry cross-w-palm-3d.svg
  • Vietnam Military Merit ribbon.JPG
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Wellsville, Ohio
Awards
death date
  • 1967-07-04
Rank
Allegiance
  • United States of America
Battles
Alt
  • A light blue ribbon with five white five pointed stars
abstract
  • Private First Class Melvin Earl Newlin (September 27, 1948 – July 4, 1967) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in July 1967 during the Vietnam War.