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BENNY JOE LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordBenny Joe Lewis, of Atoka, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Atoka, Oklahoma (Atoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 20
- WALLACE SYLVESTER LITTLESergeant First Class · May 18, 1968
- EUGENE KENNETH LUPEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- CHARLES BUCKLEY MASONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD MATESergeant · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEON PETTYSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 22
From Atoka
- DEAN EDWARD ARMSTRONGGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- FORBIS PIPKIN DURANT JRLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- DANNY LEO EVANSPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.