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LEWIS BERNARD GAISER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1941 – June 27, 1967
Service recordLewis Bernard Gaiser, of Sayville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 70
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Sayville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 70
- JOHN PATRICK GANNONLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- ALEJANDRO RAY GODINEZLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DONALD PAUL HAMILTONStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1967
- ALLAN ROY HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE EDWARD LONG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 71
- JAMES RALPH SNYDERSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 73
From Sayville
- JOHN MICHAEL GIBBONSCaptain · February 12, 1970
- MERRILL HOWARD MASINCaptain · August 12, 1972
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.