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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Arthur Eugene Lewis.

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ARTHUR EUGENE LEWIS

Captain · U.S. Army

June 17, 1937 – May 17, 1966

Service record

Arthur Eugene Lewis, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7E · Line 72

Position of Panel 7E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Medical Officer, General (3100)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
June 17, 1937
Home of record
Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 17, 1966
Age
28
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7E, Line 72

Same unit, same day

From Portland

All 183 names from Portland →

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.