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WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – October 22, 1971
Service recordWilliam Russell Lewis JR, of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 49
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Ebensburg, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 49
- ROBERT HARRISON CLIFTONSpecialist Four · October 23, 1971
- WALTER CHARLES FRISBIESpecialist Five · October 23, 1971
- LONNIE WAYNE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · October 23, 1971
- ANTHONY PETER QUINTCaptain · October 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MENSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 48
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
- NICK NATHANIEL RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
- ANTON JOHN SCHNOBRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
From Ebensburg
- PETER MICHAEL COLEMANPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- LEROY HARRY SCOTTCorporal · June 16, 1969
- ROBERT HARRY FENNELLCaptain · March 31, 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.