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MICHAEL LOUIS LEWIS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1944 – June 29, 1968
Service recordMichael Louis Lewis JR, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 17
- GARY ROGER HINTHERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER JARONIKSergeant · June 29, 1968
- GUERRERO KINNY SAN N LEONCorporal · June 29, 1968
- EDWARD BYRON LINDSEYSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 16
- JOHN THOMAS OCONNORCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 18
- ROBERT LEE TYESCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 19
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.