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JERRY D LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1941 – March 16, 1966
Service recordJerry D Lewis, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 15
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 15
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- EDDIE L KNOXCorporal · March 16, 1966
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 14
- MARION C BROWNSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 14
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 14
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 14
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 15
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 17
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.