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CHARLIE GRAY LEWIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1936 – May 17, 1967
Service recordCharlie Gray Lewis, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 121
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1936
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 121
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- LEROY MELVIN DONOVANSergeant First Class · May 19, 1965
- RICHARD K HARPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 19, 1965
- RUSSELL WILLIAM CONDONCaptain · May 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 12
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 13
- MARVIN EUGENE CUTRERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 13
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 14
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 15
- JOSEPH O FRIGAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 15
- WILSON TRUMAN GERALDSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 15
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 16
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 19
- WILLIAM COY TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 20
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 1966
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.