U.S. Navy Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Vernon Newlun
Vernon George Newlun, born Jan. 7, 1928 in Medford, Ore. passed away Feb. 25, 2021 at his home in Dairy, Ore. His family moved to a ranch in Sprague River when he was young. He lived there until enlisting in the U.S. Navy at 17 years of age. His time in the Navy was spent on the island of Guam and on ships traveling between the West Coast and the Aleutian Islands. At the end of his enlistment, he returned to Klamath County, where he went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1950....
