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LEWIS E MCDERMOTT
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1932 – December 6, 1967
Service recordLewis E McDermott, of Fulton, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 50
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1932
- Home of record
- Fulton, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 50
- JAMES RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW MIRANDA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- LARRY A MOORECaptain · December 6, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 43
- FRANK BRACKETTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- DAVID THOMAS DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 47
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 56
From Fulton
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ELWOOD RANDALL HENDRIXFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1967
- ORVILLE ALLAN SHEETSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · May 19, 1968
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.