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WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordWayne Eugene Lewis JR, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 8
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 8
- MICHAEL L KOSKOVICHWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1968
- LLOYD GENE LAMMEYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- BOBBY EUGENE LEESpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- RAYMOND ROY LEWISCorporal · February 18, 1968
From Indiana
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- ROBERT EARL KLINEColonel · November 2, 1966
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 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.