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SAI GIN LEW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1949 – December 5, 1970
Service recordSai Gin Lew, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 108
- DAVID JOHN SCHMERBECKColonel · October 2, 1970
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- RANDY DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
- BRUCE WAYNE SPRINGSergeant · December 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 108
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.