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CHARLES EDWARD LEWIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1932 – October 6, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Lewis, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 60
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- June 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 60
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- DON WILLIAM LINTHICUMPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.