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DARREL GENE LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1944 – March 4, 1968
Service recordDarrel Gene Lewis, of Greenville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Greenville, Texas (Hunt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 68
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL MASONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JAMES CECIL SWANNStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID KENNETH BRUNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 61
- EZRA GAVINPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 64
- MICHAEL DAVID GEISEPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 65
- WILLIE HAYWARD HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 66
- ISRAEL LONZO INGRAMSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 66
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 69
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 72
- TIMOTHY RICHARD SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 72
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 72
From Greenville
- CECIL J HODGSONMaster Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHARLES ALVIN CRUMPCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOE MACIASCorporal · January 11, 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.