LEE LEWIS

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/16/1967

 

 

Army - SP4 - E4

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Apr 14, 1946
From: PICKENS, SC
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jul 21, 1966
Casualty was on Feb 16, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 15E - Line 47

 

Lee Lewis was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston,
at grid reference YA598614, approximately 27 kilometers west/northwest of Plei Djereng airfield.

 

 

 

SP4 Lee Lewis' decorations

 

 

 

 

The last photo taken of Lee, just before he was killed.

Photo by his friend, Harold Penxa Company A 1/22 Infantry

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee Lewis is buried at Mountview Cemetery, Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina.

 

The grave marker for Lee Lewis

 

 

The cemetery monument for Lee Lewis

 

 

 

Cemetery photos from the Together We Served website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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