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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank Technician 5th Grade — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H Awards & decorations Purple Heart, American Theater Ribbon, EAME Theater Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes Overseas service: survived bombing of troop ship Leopoldville, torpedoed in English Channel by German U-boat 486 on 12/24/1944; 800 American infantry troops aboard the Leopoldville died; 493 bodies were never recovered from the English Channel; Newman Kincaid survived, was rescued in a lifeboat and hospitalized with pneumonia in Cherbourg, France; His company then fought as an infantry unit until May 1945, end of war. Church: Peoria Evangelical United Brethren. School: Raymond High School. survivor Leopoldville troop ship bombing Source of this information DD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 5, p. 101