RANGERS 2 McDermott, Lewis Everett

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McDermott ​

• FORENAME

Lewis Everett​

• UNIT

Company E,52nd Infantry (LRP) ​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class​

• NUMBER

17292560​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th December 1967 ​

• AGE

35 ​

• GRAVESITE

East Lawn Memorial Park, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Fulton, Missouri​

born 5.8.1932 Mexico, Missouri​

son of Guey Romans (1905-1979) and Mary Garver (nee Weeks) McDermott (1906-2000), Fulton, Missouri​

husband of Mrs McDermott,413 Eastholm Street, Mexico, Missouri (2 sons)​

entered service 1951 (16 years)​

Airborne​

staff, Missouri Military Academy 1960-63​

ROTC Department, Michigan​

tour of Korea​

52nd Infantry​

award Army Commendation Medal​

promoted Master Sgt posthumously​

KIA near An Khe, Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 31E Line 50 ​

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