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MICHAEL LEE LEWIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1947 – August 15, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee Lewis, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 45
- VINCENT LLOYD SHEPERSKYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- JACKY EUGENE LANDERSSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · August 15, 1969
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.