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ROGER DALE LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – February 14, 1969
Service recordRoger Dale Lewis, of Newcomerstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 35
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Newcomerstown, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 35
- DAVID OWEN SULLIVANLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- JUAN JAY WILSONLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK WITTSecond Lieutenant · February 14, 1969
- MARC ALAN WOODWORTHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 31
- CHARLES SPENCER JONESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 32
From Newcomerstown
- RICHARD E STECKERStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1968
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.