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KENNETH JERNIGAN LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – February 16, 1969
Service recordKenneth Jernigan Lewis, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 44
- ERIC ANDERSON FISHERPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- CRAIG MANSFIELD HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- VERNON G KNUTSONSergeant · February 16, 1969
- LONNIE DOUGLAS LOYD JRCorporal · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 41
- RICK ALTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 45
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 45
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 47
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.