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MICHAEL LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1943 – August 22, 1966
Service recordMichael Lewis, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 26
- BOBBY GLYNN CORSISergeant · August 22, 1966
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY OWENSSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 26
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.