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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Edwin Lewis.

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JOHN EDWIN LEWIS

Master Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 5, 1935 – April 16, 1969

Service record

John Edwin Lewis, of Rosemead, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 27W · Line 95

Position of Panel 27W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Master Sergeant (MSG)
Service
Regular
Born
September 5, 1935
Home of record
Rosemead, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 16, 1969
Age
33
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 27W, Line 95

From Rosemead

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.