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LEWIS CLARENCE GILLS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1946 – August 16, 1968
Service recordLewis Clarence Gills, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 25
- ARTHUR RAYMOND DUPREYCorporal · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES GARDNERCorporal · August 16, 1968
- JOHN ALOIS GERDESMEIERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.