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LEWIS RAY DIETZ
Private · U.S. Army
April 28, 1945 – February 14, 1966
Service recordLewis Ray Dietz, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 32
- BOBBY JOE BRASWELLPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- GARRY COYLEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RITCHIE MCKIMPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 35
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 36
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.