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RONALD KEITH LEWIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1948 – August 3, 1968
Service recordRonald Keith Lewis, of Monterey, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Monterey, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 5
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES JACKSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY JONESSecond Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- LOUIS UISVILLE MENARD JRPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
From Monterey
- ROBERT C L FERGUSSONFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY J UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITESergeant · March 29, 1969
- JOHN LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.