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THOMAS LAMAR LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1944 – December 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Lamar Lewis, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 81
- THOMAS HAYESSergeant · December 27, 1968
- FAGATOELE LOKENILance Corporal · December 27, 1968
- WILLIAM ELBERT MAXWELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1968
- STEVEN DOUGLAS WILKERSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 80
- JEAN WAYNE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 82
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 83
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 83
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.