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DONALD EUGENE LEWTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1950 – January 5, 1970
Service recordDonald Eugene Lewter, of La Puente, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 129
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1950
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 129
- PATRICK HOP SUNG HUSergeant · January 5, 1970
- MAX DUANE KERSEYSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
- LARRY NESBIT LAMBPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- MICHAEL ORSON LUNDSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F GILMORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 128
- LARRY NESBIT LAMBPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 129
- TOM ANDREW METCALFStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 130
- CHARLES THOMAS MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 130
- ROBERT STEPHEN SOMBATIPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 1
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
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.