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WILLIE GEORGE LEWIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – October 11, 1969
Service recordWillie George Lewis JR, of Allison, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Allison, Texas (Wheeler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 68
- ROBERT LOONEYSergeant · October 11, 1969
- DAVID LEROY MCCOMBSStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
- TIMOTHY R MIEDZIELECPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOOREStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEO FRED JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 67
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.