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ELTON WILLIAM LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1952 – September 9, 1970
Service recordElton William Lewis, of Independence, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 49
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Independence, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 49
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
- TIM EDWIN NEWELLSergeant · September 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY RALPH FRIENDSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 51
From Independence
- JAMES JENNINGS JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1969
- EUGENE SELDERSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1970
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.