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STEPHEN MIX LEWIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – April 11, 1969
Service recordStephen Mix Lewis, of Torrance, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 57
- MARTIN LECHUGACorporal · April 11, 1969
- MICHAEL ERNEST MATTASpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- DALE LAVERNE MILBRADTFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- GONZALO H VILLASENORSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEIL PHILIP FARMERSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 55
- ROBERT LOUIS KNIGHT JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 56
- PETER EDWARD REECESpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 58
- ROBERT HALL SMARTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 59
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.