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OTIS LEWIS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1928 – February 10, 1967
Service recordOtis Lewis, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 14
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1928
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 14
- PETER FRANK DELANOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- MARK DELANE HOLTESpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER BARBERACorporal · Panel 15E, Line 13
- MARK DELANE HOLTESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 14
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 15
- CHARLES PAUL POHLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 15
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 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.