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ARTHUR LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1946 – September 18, 1969
Service recordArthur Lewis, of Ashland, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Ashland, Virginia (Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 110
- RANDALL LEE KRUEGERLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUECorporal · September 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- JOSEPH EDMUND MAZZANTISpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
From Ashland
- HOWARD FRANKLIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
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.