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RONALD EUGENE LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1943 – October 4, 1966
Service recordRonald Eugene Lewis, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 45
- ROBERT ORAL KORNSMaster Sergeant · October 2, 1966
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- JAMES GARRIS LITTSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- PINK MILTON LYNCH JRSpecialist Five · October 4, 1966
- DANIEL PAUL MARLOWEStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 43
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 43
- HENRY LEE CREEKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 44
- SAM WEBSTER DAILYStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 44
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 44
- JAMES GARRIS LITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 45
- HOMER LEE PICKETTSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 46
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROCIVStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 46
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 46
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 47
- KENNETH WADE WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 48
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.