The Defense Department announced Sunday that Gentry had died Wednesday in Mosul from a noncombat-related cause.
Gentry had been assigned to the Army's 94th Engineer Battalion in Vilseck, Germany.
Vianne Gentry, 64, remembers the day when her little brother enlisted in the Army. It was Nov. 26, 1986.
"He was my baby brother, that's why I remember the date," she said Sunday night from her Detroit home. "He was a really good guy."
Vianne Gentry's son, VonEric Gentry, had already enlisted in the military. He encouraged his uncle to join.
"He really wasn't doing that much at the time," said VonEric Gentry, 45, of Detroit. "I wanted him to go into the military. I told him it would give him a good start. Get a career and training."
Lewis Gentry enlisted and served in a transportation unit. That took him to the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War and into Somalia. He was assigned to a transportation unit in Germany most recently, but VonEric Gentry wasn't sure what his uncle was doing in Mosul last week.
Lewis Gentry hadn't been back to Detroit since Christmas.
He is survived by a wife and children including Latoia, Jaiwanna, Lewanna, Dejuan and Jessica as well as sisters Dororthy Wilson, Vianne Gentry, Sandra Robinson, Vanessa Charleston, Cheryl Smith, and Phyllis Scott, and his brother Richard Gentry. Two brothers, James and Allen, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements by McFall Brothers Funeral Home Inc., 9419 Dexter Ave., Detroit.
***Sincere thanks to Find A Grave contributor Caroline for providing date of birth, middle name and burial information allowing me to 'complete' this memorial.***
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Monica Crowder Kaufman for fulfilling my photo request for Lewis Gentry.
Gentry had been assigned to the Army's 94th Engineer Battalion in Vilseck, Germany.
Vianne Gentry, 64, remembers the day when her little brother enlisted in the Army. It was Nov. 26, 1986.
"He was my baby brother, that's why I remember the date," she said Sunday night from her Detroit home. "He was a really good guy."
Vianne Gentry's son, VonEric Gentry, had already enlisted in the military. He encouraged his uncle to join.
"He really wasn't doing that much at the time," said VonEric Gentry, 45, of Detroit. "I wanted him to go into the military. I told him it would give him a good start. Get a career and training."
Lewis Gentry enlisted and served in a transportation unit. That took him to the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War and into Somalia. He was assigned to a transportation unit in Germany most recently, but VonEric Gentry wasn't sure what his uncle was doing in Mosul last week.
Lewis Gentry hadn't been back to Detroit since Christmas.
He is survived by a wife and children including Latoia, Jaiwanna, Lewanna, Dejuan and Jessica as well as sisters Dororthy Wilson, Vianne Gentry, Sandra Robinson, Vanessa Charleston, Cheryl Smith, and Phyllis Scott, and his brother Richard Gentry. Two brothers, James and Allen, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements by McFall Brothers Funeral Home Inc., 9419 Dexter Ave., Detroit.
***Sincere thanks to Find A Grave contributor Caroline for providing date of birth, middle name and burial information allowing me to 'complete' this memorial.***
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Monica Crowder Kaufman for fulfilling my photo request for Lewis Gentry.
The Defense Department announced Sunday that Gentry had died Wednesday in Mosul from a noncombat-related cause.
Gentry had been assigned to the Army's 94th Engineer Battalion in Vilseck, Germany.
Vianne Gentry, 64, remembers the day when her little brother enlisted in the Army. It was Nov. 26, 1986.
"He was my baby brother, that's why I remember the date," she said Sunday night from her Detroit home. "He was a really good guy."
Vianne Gentry's son, VonEric Gentry, had already enlisted in the military. He encouraged his uncle to join.
"He really wasn't doing that much at the time," said VonEric Gentry, 45, of Detroit. "I wanted him to go into the military. I told him it would give him a good start. Get a career and training."
Lewis Gentry enlisted and served in a transportation unit. That took him to the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War and into Somalia. He was assigned to a transportation unit in Germany most recently, but VonEric Gentry wasn't sure what his uncle was doing in Mosul last week.
Lewis Gentry hadn't been back to Detroit since Christmas.
He is survived by a wife and children including Latoia, Jaiwanna, Lewanna, Dejuan and Jessica as well as sisters Dororthy Wilson, Vianne Gentry, Sandra Robinson, Vanessa Charleston, Cheryl Smith, and Phyllis Scott, and his brother Richard Gentry. Two brothers, James and Allen, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements by McFall Brothers Funeral Home Inc., 9419 Dexter Ave., Detroit.
***Sincere thanks to Find A Grave contributor Caroline for providing date of birth, middle name and burial information allowing me to 'complete' this memorial.***
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Monica Crowder Kaufman for fulfilling my photo request for Lewis Gentry.
Gentry had been assigned to the Army's 94th Engineer Battalion in Vilseck, Germany.
Vianne Gentry, 64, remembers the day when her little brother enlisted in the Army. It was Nov. 26, 1986.
"He was my baby brother, that's why I remember the date," she said Sunday night from her Detroit home. "He was a really good guy."
Vianne Gentry's son, VonEric Gentry, had already enlisted in the military. He encouraged his uncle to join.
"He really wasn't doing that much at the time," said VonEric Gentry, 45, of Detroit. "I wanted him to go into the military. I told him it would give him a good start. Get a career and training."
Lewis Gentry enlisted and served in a transportation unit. That took him to the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War and into Somalia. He was assigned to a transportation unit in Germany most recently, but VonEric Gentry wasn't sure what his uncle was doing in Mosul last week.
Lewis Gentry hadn't been back to Detroit since Christmas.
He is survived by a wife and children including Latoia, Jaiwanna, Lewanna, Dejuan and Jessica as well as sisters Dororthy Wilson, Vianne Gentry, Sandra Robinson, Vanessa Charleston, Cheryl Smith, and Phyllis Scott, and his brother Richard Gentry. Two brothers, James and Allen, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements by McFall Brothers Funeral Home Inc., 9419 Dexter Ave., Detroit.
***Sincere thanks to Find A Grave contributor Caroline for providing date of birth, middle name and burial information allowing me to 'complete' this memorial.***
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Monica Crowder Kaufman for fulfilling my photo request for Lewis Gentry.
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