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LEWIS CHARLES OUELLETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1950 – April 13, 1970
Service recordLewis Charles Ouellette, of Albany, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 1
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
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- May 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 1
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL REINHARDTSergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 1
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.