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AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1944 – June 3, 1967
Service recordAubrey Laurence Hewitt, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 45
- JOHN PAUL FRANCISCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN GARRETT GARDNERCaptain · June 3, 1967
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 44
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 45
- KENNETH ALRIC GORESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 46
- TAYLOR HENRY MCLEMORECorporal · Panel 21E, Line 49
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 51
- LARRY VENCIL SAYERSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 52
- GEORGE DAVID WALLACESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 54
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
- TED DENNIS BRITTPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
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.