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ROBERT RAYMOND LEWIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1946 – April 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Raymond Lewis, of Annandale, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Annandale, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 50
- DAVID ANGELO BARBARINOSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- PAUL WAYNE HANDERHANLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
- RALPH OWEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES LUNDINSergeant First Class · April 25, 1970
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GEORGE BAZELSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 48
- RALPH OWEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 50
From Annandale
- ROY GILLMAN FOWLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 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.