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LEWIS EDWARD CANTRELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1944 – April 29, 1967
Service recordLewis Edward Cantrell, of Centre, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 112
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Centre, Alabama (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 112
- JERRY LOUIS WAGNERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- GARY ALLEN BURKSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
From Centre
- JIMMIE LADON CHAMBLEEStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
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.