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LARRY GENE LEWIS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 22, 1945 – February 27, 1971
Service recordLarry Gene Lewis, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 21 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- September 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
Also on Panel 4W, Line 8
- SHERMAN RAY TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 26, 1971
- DALE ALLEN WALKERPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1971
- RONALD LESTER BABCOCKFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1971
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 1971
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.