Lee A. Lewis Jr.
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Age: 28
From: Norfolk, Va.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Pfc. Lee A. Lewis Jr. was killed March 18 when his patrol was attacked by enemy small-arms fire in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad.
Died: March 18, 2005
Army medic remembered as tough man with ‘servant’s heart’
Associated Press
HAMPTON, Va. — Friends say Pfc. Lee Lewis Jr. was a funny but tough man who loved God and had a “servant’s heart.” He was the sort of guy who, instead of trash-talking, would help a player up after knocking him down on the football field.
The 28-year-old Hampton native and Army medic was shot and killed by small-arms fire Friday afternoon in Baghdad’s Sadr City area. The Army said he was shot in an ally by a gunman 250 feet away.
He was stationed with the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga.
The former athlete was “just one of those young men you wanted your son to turn out like,” said Curtis Newsome, assistant head football coach at James Madison University who once coached Lewis at Kecoughtan High School. Lewis played not only football but basketball, track and soccer in high school and local...