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HARRY LEWIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1951 – January 3, 1971
Service recordHarry Lewis JR, of Spring Valley, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 22
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, Illinois (Bureau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 22
- LUIS GALLEGOS HOLGUINChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
- BRUCE M KELLERSergeant · January 3, 1971
- PATRICK JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Six · January 3, 1971
- THOMAS RICHARD OKERLUNDChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
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.