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JAMES C RALPH LEWIS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 10, 1933 – December 13, 1968
Service recordJames C Ralph Lewis, of San Diego, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 13, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 10, 1933
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 16
- BRUCE BRIANT GREENECaptain · December 13, 1968
- CHARLES FARRELL GRIFFINCaptain · December 13, 1968
- ALAN CARROLL LOCKARDPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- DURWARD GLENNIE MORSEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CHARLES ELDRIDGEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 36W, Line 15
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.