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WILLIAM DAVID LEWIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1945 – July 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam David Lewis, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 108
- HARRY JAMES LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- FRANK THOMAS LOPINTOLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- EDWARD ROBERT LOZANOHospitalman · July 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER J MAGUIRE IIIPetty Officer Second Class · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWIN ALLISONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 94
- DENNIS DALE ASCHENBRENNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 94
- EDWARD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 97
- CHARLES ERNEST CRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 99
- DAVID JOHN DERUEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 100
- LUTHER M JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 106
- JIMMY MCBROONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 110
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 112
- JOHN DOMINICK SALMIERISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 114
- FRANK W SAWYER JRCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 114
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 116
- ROBERT VARGOCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 117
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.