Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 1204 – Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Reserve
Date of birth: 16-Sep-1946
Hometown: Annandale, Virginia
Marital status: Married to Margaret A. Lewis
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 22-Mar-1969
Start of tour: 10-Mar-1970
Incident date: 25-Apr-1970
Date of casualty: 25-Apr-1970
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Robert Raymond Lewis was killed while on a combat operation when a booby trap detonated. / On ambush patrol mission. Detonated a booby trapped automatic ambush position.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Michael George Bazel
SP4 Ralph Owen Hill
1LT Robert Raymond Lewis
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 508 852
Place of interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
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