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DAVID MARION LEWIS
Fireman · U.S. Navy
December 19, 1947 – October 22, 1967
Service recordDavid Marion Lewis, of Tiller, Oregon, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 52
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Tiller, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; four 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 52
- PATRICK J SUGHRUEWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TERRY JRPrivate · October 22, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- RUSSELL LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
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.