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LEWIS EDGAR CASNER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1945 – July 19, 1970
Service recordLewis Edgar Casner JR, of Potomac, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 31
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- January 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Potomac, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 31
- RICHARD WILLIAM DODDFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- RICHARD EUGENE FAYSergeant First Class · July 19, 1970
- DANIEL BOONE FELLSpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- ARTHUR POWELL GRAY IVFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
From Potomac
- ANTHONY KONSTANT KERCOUDEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- JOHN HENRY CALL IIICaptain · April 6, 1972
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.