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STANLEY REED LEWTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – March 1, 1968
Service recordStanley Reed Lewter, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
He died in Long Khanh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 19
- STEPHEN THOMAS KUCASFirst Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- RICHARD CLIVE LANNOMLieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DANNY LEDFORDPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- FREDERICK BEARD LINKLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 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.