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JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWIS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1928 – April 7, 1965
Service recordJames Wimberley Lewis, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 7, 1965, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1223A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 8 BOMB SQ TDY TO 34 TAC GP
- Born
- July 24, 1928
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 7, 1965
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 102
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- CHARLES GILBERT TUCKERCaptain · April 6, 1965
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- WILLIAM MARSHALL ROARKLieutenant · April 7, 1965
From Marshall
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
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.