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EARL LLOYD LEWIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordEarl Lloyd Lewis, of Gig Harbor, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Gig Harbor, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 102
- EUGENE PIZZINO IISergeant · March 16, 1969
- DALE DENNIS LINGLEAirman Apprentice · March 21, 1969
- JAMES JOHN LISTERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- RICARDO LOPEZCorporal · March 21, 1969
- ALAN FREDERICK MARSCHALLSergeant · March 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.