Carpenter's Mate, 3rd Class (CM 3/c), U.S. Naval Reserve
Newman, whose father had been a Woburn resident, was living in Newton, Mass., until he entered service in the U.S. Naval Reserve in September 1942. He was aboard a merchant vessel when it was torpedoed and sunk on Feb. 7, 1943. On Feb. 8, 1944, he was officially presumed dead, and was awarded the Purple Heart (posthumously). In addition to being memorialized at Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., he is memorialized in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
(Some of the above information is from Woburn: A Past Observed by John D. McElhiney, p. 558.)
Newman, whose father had been a Woburn resident, was living in Newton, Mass., until he entered service in the U.S. Naval Reserve in September 1942. He was aboard a merchant vessel when it was torpedoed and sunk on Feb. 7, 1943. On Feb. 8, 1944, he was officially presumed dead, and was awarded the Purple Heart (posthumously). In addition to being memorialized at Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., he is memorialized in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
(Some of the above information is from Woburn: A Past Observed by John D. McElhiney, p. 558.)
Carpenter's Mate, 3rd Class (CM 3/c), U.S. Naval Reserve
Newman, whose father had been a Woburn resident, was living in Newton, Mass., until he entered service in the U.S. Naval Reserve in September 1942. He was aboard a merchant vessel when it was torpedoed and sunk on Feb. 7, 1943. On Feb. 8, 1944, he was officially presumed dead, and was awarded the Purple Heart (posthumously). In addition to being memorialized at Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., he is memorialized in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
(Some of the above information is from Woburn: A Past Observed by John D. McElhiney, p. 558.)
Newman, whose father had been a Woburn resident, was living in Newton, Mass., until he entered service in the U.S. Naval Reserve in September 1942. He was aboard a merchant vessel when it was torpedoed and sunk on Feb. 7, 1943. On Feb. 8, 1944, he was officially presumed dead, and was awarded the Purple Heart (posthumously). In addition to being memorialized at Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass., he is memorialized in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
(Some of the above information is from Woburn: A Past Observed by John D. McElhiney, p. 558.)
