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GRADY LEONARD LEWIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1940 – November 21, 1969
Service recordGrady Leonard Lewis, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 106
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY OWEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · November 21, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST J DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 104
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.