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LEWIS WILLIAM WARNER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – February 15, 1969
Service recordLewis William Warner JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 40
- WILLIAM STEVEN RIGGSCorporal · February 15, 1969
- KURT L STARKEYCorporal · February 15, 1969
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · February 15, 1969
- LEWIS RUSSELL VALENTINEPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN JOCK HOPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 38
- KURT L STARKEYCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 40
- LEWIS RUSSELL VALENTINEPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 40
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.