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FLETCHER LEON LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1943 – January 31, 1968
Service recordFletcher Leon Lewis, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 4
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- GORDON LEROY CURRIER JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- WYATT CECIL GORDONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAYSergeant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOHN LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 2
- RICHARD WALKER HARPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 12
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 17
- ALLEN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 43
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 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.