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EWELL LEE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1945 – April 22, 1967
Service recordEwell Lee JR, of Liberty, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Liberty, Kentucky (Casey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 70
- DUTLEY JAMESPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- J L KERR JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- PHILLIP ALEXANDER MOOREPrivate · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
From Liberty
- CLIFTON HENSONCorporal · December 29, 1967
- EDGAR GODBEYStaff Sergeant · July 1, 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.