John W. Lewis

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 06/24/1944

John Warren Lewis was born in Gloversville, Fulton County, New York on March 8, 1916.

He was drafted into the Army on February 25, 1941 at Albany, New York. His home of residence
was listed as Fulton County, New York and his civilian occupation was listed as Unskilled General
Woodworking Occupations. He had completed three years of High School and was
single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry is unknown but he was serving as a
Private First Class with Company B 22nd Infantry at least by 1942 as he is in a Company
photo taken at Camp Gordon, Georgia during that year.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Sergeant in Company B, in Headquarters 22nd Infantry Motorized
General Orders No. 5, dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

On February 24, 1944 Lewis was at Newton Abbot, Devon, England with Company B when he was designated
on Detached Service and sent for duty with the 160th Infantry Brigade at Herne Bay, Kent, England.
He returned to duty with Company B at Newton Abbot on March 10, 1944. He was listed as being
a Staff Sergeant at that time.

Lewis was promoted to Technical Sergeant in France on June 16, 1944.

Technical Sergeant Lewis was seriously wounded in action in France, on June 21, 1944
during the attack toward Cherbourg. He died in France from his wounds
on June 24, 1944.

Decorations of John W. Lewis

John W. Lewis was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #1 at Carentan, France in Block P Row 5 Grave 83 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Plot F Row 23 Grave 30

Grave marker for John W. Lewis

Photo by Frogman from the Find A Grave website

Grave marker for John W. Lewis

Photo by Frogman from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of PFC John W. Lewis at Camp Gordon, Georgia from the webmaster's collection

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