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LEWIS ARTHUR TRASK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – October 6, 1967
Service recordLewis Arthur Trask, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 62
- THOMAS EARL SPRINGFIELDLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- THEODORE NELSON TAKACS JRPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAMCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 57
- JOSEPH LEE HOGGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 59
- ROBERT GEORGE POREAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27E, Line 61
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.