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LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWIS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
March 18, 1939 – May 12, 1967
Service recordLawrence Edward Lewis, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 97
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 97
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN JOHNSONSergeant · May 12, 1967
- LEROY HENRY KELLERCorporal · May 12, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY NEWSOMELance Corporal · May 6, 1968
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.