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LEWIS DAYTON MOLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – August 8, 1970
Service recordLewis Dayton Moles, of Elkview, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Elkview, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 94
- JOHN WILLIAM KISIELEWSKISergeant · August 8, 1970
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · August 8, 1970
- CARROLL EDWARD RAYMER JRCorporal · August 8, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS RICE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1970
From Elkview
- JAMES RONALD BURDETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- WILLIS ARNOLD KARICKHOFFAirman First Class · October 28, 1966
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- CLAYTON ANDREW CRAFTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- THOMAS LOWELL WINESCorporal · June 23, 1968
- JOHNNIE MARVIN AYERSSpecialist Five · January 17, 1969
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.