Rank: Private First Class
Unit: M Company, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 17-May-1943
Hometown: Shelby, Ohio
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 21-Aug-1967
Incident date: 25-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 25-Dec-1967
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Delbert Otis Lewis died as a result of fragment wounds received while passenger on military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle was hit by hostile anti-tank round.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Ditney Ridge Cemetery, Elliottville, Kentucky, USA
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