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RICHARD GARY LEWIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 26, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Gary Lewis, of Westfield, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 21
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Westfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 21
- ROBERT JOHN LESKASergeant · May 5, 1968
- STEVEN LEWISLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- DONALD EVERETT LOWECorporal · May 5, 1968
- RONALD MIDDLETONPrivate · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN THOMAS FEYSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 12
- JEROME EDWARD JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 23
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 35
- JOSEPH GEORGE WOLFEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 36
From Westfield
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · January 29, 1966
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- RONALD JOHN SELIGLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THEODORE MILLERSergeant · January 19, 1969
- RICHARD CONRAD BRUNNFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH BACHMANFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 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.