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THOMAS LEE LEWIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1930 – March 23, 1964
Service recordThomas Lee Lewis, of Rockingham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Rockingham, North Carolina (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 47
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- EDWIN GERALD SHANK JRCaptain · March 24, 1964
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
From Rockingham
- JIMMIE LOUIS ELLERBEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · September 6, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS WADDELLStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
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.