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LEWIS DAVIS BLACK
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
September 6, 1934 – July 18, 1968
Service recordLewis Davis Black, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 2
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 6, 1934
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 2
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- MANUEL ANGEL CASTILLOPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- GEORGE ANASTA CAVALARATOSSergeant · July 18, 1968
- TERRY KENNETH HUFFSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.