***Somers GI Dies In Viet Action***
SOMERS - Sp. 4 Roy C. Newsome, 20, of Sokol Road was killed in action in Vietnam May 23, in the Hamburger Hill battle, according to the Department of Defense.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. Prior to entering the service he was employed by the General Electric Co. credit office in Hartford.
Besides his parents, Royal and Elaine (Buckle) Newsome of this town, he leaves his wife, the former Marlyn Penfield of Simsbury; a sister, Mrs. Lester Norrie of Windsor, and his grandparents, Mrs. Margaret Randall of Springfield, and Mrs. Nettie Newsome of Somers. Somers funeral home is in charge.

[Published in The Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), Wednesday June 4, 1969]

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SP4 ROY NEWSOME

SOMERS - The military funeral of Sp. 4 Roy Cecil Newsome, 20, of Sokol Road, who was killed in Vietnam May 23 in the Hamburger Hill battle will be Wednesday morning at 11 at the Somers funeral home. Burial will be in West Cemetery with full military honors. Calling hours at the funeral home are tonight from 7 to 9.

[Published in The Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), Tuesday June 10, 1969]

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Roy Cecil Newsome
UNIT: 501 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company B,1 Bn)
RANK: Specialist Fourth Class
son of Royal and Elaine (nee Buckle) Newsome
husband of Marlyn (nee Penfield) Newsome, Simsbury,Connecticut
KIA Hill 937,Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 24W Line 88
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SP4 Roy C. Newsome (B/1-501 IN) was awarded the Purple Heart (Posthumously) for military merit and for wounds received which resulted in his death from multiple
fragmentation wounds 5 KM E-SE of Tien Phuoc, in the Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam.

***Somers GI Dies In Viet Action***
SOMERS - Sp. 4 Roy C. Newsome, 20, of Sokol Road was killed in action in Vietnam May 23, in the Hamburger Hill battle, according to the Department of Defense.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. Prior to entering the service he was employed by the General Electric Co. credit office in Hartford.
Besides his parents, Royal and Elaine (Buckle) Newsome of this town, he leaves his wife, the former Marlyn Penfield of Simsbury; a sister, Mrs. Lester Norrie of Windsor, and his grandparents, Mrs. Margaret Randall of Springfield, and Mrs. Nettie Newsome of Somers. Somers funeral home is in charge.

[Published in The Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), Wednesday June 4, 1969]

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SP4 ROY NEWSOME

SOMERS - The military funeral of Sp. 4 Roy Cecil Newsome, 20, of Sokol Road, who was killed in Vietnam May 23 in the Hamburger Hill battle will be Wednesday morning at 11 at the Somers funeral home. Burial will be in West Cemetery with full military honors. Calling hours at the funeral home are tonight from 7 to 9.

[Published in The Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), Tuesday June 10, 1969]

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Roy Cecil Newsome
UNIT: 501 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company B,1 Bn)
RANK: Specialist Fourth Class
son of Royal and Elaine (nee Buckle) Newsome
husband of Marlyn (nee Penfield) Newsome, Simsbury,Connecticut
KIA Hill 937,Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 24W Line 88
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SP4 Roy C. Newsome (B/1-501 IN) was awarded the Purple Heart (Posthumously) for military merit and for wounds received which resulted in his death from multiple
fragmentation wounds 5 KM E-SE of Tien Phuoc, in the Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam.