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LEWIS ANDRES CALLAWAY III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1942 – January 28, 1969
Service recordLewis Andres Callaway III, of West Point, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1942
- Home of record
- West Point, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 7
- THOMAS PATRICK DUGGANPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- WARREN REED ESKRIDGECorporal · January 28, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL GRAY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 1969
- PHILIP BOYD JONESSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1969
From West Point
- LARRY EDWIN HILLCorporal · January 15, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN HALSEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1971
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.