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LEWIS NANCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1945 – August 24, 1968
Service recordLewis Nance, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 46W, Line 6
- ROBERT WARREN MCGILLPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- WILLIAM NEWTON MCMURTREYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MILLERFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- LUPE P OCHOASpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE EDMUND HINES IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 3
- IVAN L VINCENT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 10
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.