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DAVID HARRY LEWIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1942 – February 19, 1968
Service recordDavid Harry Lewis, of New Straitsville, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 24
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1942
- Home of record
- New Straitsville, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum 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 40E, Line 24
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN LOBACKCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOHN B MADISONStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN COHANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 18
- THOMAS JON MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 26
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 32
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.