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LEONARD LEROY LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – June 1, 1969
Service recordLeonard Leroy Lewis, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 38
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 38
- RAY EDWARD KNOLLSergeant · June 1, 1969
- RUBEN LOPEZ-MERCEDSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- DAVID LEE MILLSSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 38
- BLAIR CECIL WILKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 40
- JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 41
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.