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RICHARD KENNETH LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – August 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Kenneth Lewis, of Escanaba, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 87
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Escanaba, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 87
- DANIEL ALBERT IRELANSergeant · August 2, 1969
- THOMAS LARRY JUSTICECorporal · August 2, 1969
- RONNIE DEAN LINDLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1969
- GERALD STEPHEN LOTRIDGECorporal · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARTIN BALLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 84
- WILLIAM EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 85
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 86
- DANIEL ALBERT IRELANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 87
- DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 88
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 88
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Escanaba
- RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN MORASFireman · December 4, 1967
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK PEPINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1971
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.