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LEWIS LEONARD SLOAN
Private · U.S. Army
June 28, 1945 – November 16, 1967
Service recordLewis Leonard Sloan, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1945
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 5
- RICHARD WAYNE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- JAMES EMMETT STONEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILLIAM VELILLAPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- JAMES DEAN HOAGCaptain · June 19, 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.