The Wall › Panel 28E › Texas › Converse Rising Lewis III
CONVERSE RISING LEWIS III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1939 – October 26, 1967
Service recordConverse Rising Lewis III, of College Station, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 75
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 30, 1939
- Home of record
- College Station, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 75
- GEORGE DONALD LACUS JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- MELVIN CHARLES LAPPCorporal · October 26, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHNNY MEANSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
From College Station
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1967
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
- CARL EDWIN LONGCaptain · December 20, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
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.