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BENJAMIN F LEWIS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1942 – June 12, 1969
Service recordBenjamin F Lewis JR, of Ft Dix, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Dix, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 33
- GREY LYNN HAGINSSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- TERRY RANDALL JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- EMANUEL JONES JRSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- TERRY WAYNE LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL GILBERT MOTESSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 34
From Ft Dix
- ANDREW PHILLIP CORBINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- DIETER KUNO FREITAGSergeant · May 10, 1972
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.