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PAUL LEWIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordPaul Lewis, of Saugerties, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 2
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Saugerties, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 2
- WALLACE ADDISON FORDLieutenant Colonel · May 24, 1968
- GARY DUANE FOXCorporal · May 24, 1968
- RONALD LLOYD FRAZERSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN HAYDENCorporal · May 24, 1968
From Saugerties
- THOMAS CLIFTON NEWKIRKPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK STEIGERStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1966
- WAYNE CHESTER MYERSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN WINTERSSergeant · April 22, 1969
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.