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DELBERT O LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1943 – December 25, 1967
Service recordDelbert O Lewis, of Shelby, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Shelby, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 58
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- CHARLES D MCCLURGPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LARRY HUGH OERTELSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
From Shelby
- KENNETH EUGENE THORNTONSergeant · November 15, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD TROXELLPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MOSS JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CHEARNLEYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- BRUCE COPLEYPrivate First Class · June 21, 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.