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JAMES HAROLD LEWIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1937 – December 10, 1965
Service recordJames Harold Lewis, of Mendota, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Mendota, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 9
- CLAUDE L JOHNSONSergeant · December 10, 1965
- ROBERT L KECKLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD MCFARLINPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- CHARLES EDWARD BOSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
- RALPH SHANKSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
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.