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MICHAEL KEITH LEWIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – June 13, 1969
Service recordMichael Keith Lewis, of Lake City, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake City, Iowa (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 41
- CHARLES HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · June 13, 1969
- STEPHEN JOHN KINGHORNWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1969
- JOSEPH STANLEY LABAYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN LIPETZKYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 37
- JEFF LEE FRANKLIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 40
- JAMES CLIFFORD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 42
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 42
- ARTURO SALAZARSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 43
- KENNETH LEE CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 45
From Lake City
- BILLY BRUCE BULLCorporal · July 24, 1970
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.