Sgt. Charles E. Lewis, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorvil D. Lewis, Route 1, Vienna, Virginia, has been reported killed in action in China, December 16, the War Department has informed the parents.
Sgt. Lewis entered the Army in December, 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia and was later sent to Miami Beach, Florida, where he spent some time in Flying School there. He was later sent to Fort Logan, Colorado. After a short time there, was sent overseas in 1942.
After spending several months in North Africa and India, he was sent to China, where he was attached to a bomber squadron.
Sgt. Lewis was employed by the photostatic division in the National Archives in Washington, before entering the Armed Forces.
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Sgt. Ed Lewis Is Reburied
Staff Sergeant Charles Edward Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Lewis, of Vienna, and formerly of Elkton, was reburied in Arlington National Cemetery on February 2. He was killed in China in 1944 and buried there until the body was brought to this country. Before entering the service in 1942 he was employed in the photostatic division of the National Archives Building in Washington.
Sgt. Charles E. Lewis, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorvil D. Lewis, Route 1, Vienna, Virginia, has been reported killed in action in China, December 16, the War Department has informed the parents.
Sgt. Lewis entered the Army in December, 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia and was later sent to Miami Beach, Florida, where he spent some time in Flying School there. He was later sent to Fort Logan, Colorado. After a short time there, was sent overseas in 1942.
After spending several months in North Africa and India, he was sent to China, where he was attached to a bomber squadron.
Sgt. Lewis was employed by the photostatic division in the National Archives in Washington, before entering the Armed Forces.
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Sgt. Ed Lewis Is Reburied
Staff Sergeant Charles Edward Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Lewis, of Vienna, and formerly of Elkton, was reburied in Arlington National Cemetery on February 2. He was killed in China in 1944 and buried there until the body was brought to this country. Before entering the service in 1942 he was employed in the photostatic division of the National Archives Building in Washington.
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