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CHARLES HUGH LEWIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – December 11, 1966
Service recordCharles Hugh Lewis JR, of Belcamp, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Belcamp, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 34
- MICHAEL CHARLES KIRBYSergeant · December 11, 1966
- JOHN E LAWLER JRSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- DONALD LAMAR LEEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GLENN DETAMBLESpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 32
- JOHN WILLIAM EARNESTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 33
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.