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ANDREW LEON LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1944 – August 3, 1970
Service recordAndrew Leon Lewis, of Denton, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 79
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Denton, Maryland (Caroline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 79
- JACK RICHCARDO GILBERTSergeant · August 3, 1970
- BARRY FRANCIS GRAHAMMajor · August 3, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY GULDANLance Corporal · August 3, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
From Denton
- ROBERTS PATON BURROWSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.