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LEWIS PATRICK IORIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordLewis Patrick Iorio, of Highland, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Highland, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 19
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- BRUCE LEVYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD MATESergeant · Panel 62E, Line 20
- CARL FREDRICK SCHMALZ JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 1
- DENNIS WAYNE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 2
From Highland
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONCorporal · March 1, 1967
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.