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HAROLD ST CLAIR LEWIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – February 24, 1969
Service recordHarold St Clair Lewis, of West Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- West Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 37
- VICTOR CARL JAUERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- TOMMY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES LEVETTSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- ADALBERTO R E VERDUGOSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 34
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.