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CLARENCE PAUL LEWIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 25, 1947 – May 21, 1972
Service recordClarence Paul Lewis, of Louisburg, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 21, 1972, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisburg, Kansas (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1972; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 28
- WESLEY DALLAS RATZELCaptain · October 20, 1971
- CLYDE CURTIS LOVECaptain · May 18, 1972
- SANTIAGO HERRERA ESCOBARSpecialist Four · May 19, 1972
- DEAN KENT LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1972
From Louisburg
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BAUERCorporal · April 30, 1969
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.