Memorial

Specialty:

Navy SEAL

BUD/S Class:

SEAL Service:

10 years

Rank:

Special Warfare Operator 1st Class

Age:

30

Home:

Virginia Beach, VA

Assigned:

Died:

July 6th, 2007

Operation:

Iraqi Freedom

Details:

Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class (SEAL) Jason Dale Lewis, 30, of Brookfield, C30, of Brookfield, Conn.; assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team; died July 6 as a result of enemy action while conducting combat operations near Baghdad.

Awards:

Contributions:

Lewis enlisted in the Navy July 22, 1996, and graduated from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. In February 1997, Lewis entered Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training in Coronado, Calif.

Lewis completed advanced SEAL training courses including parachute training at Basic Airborne School, Fort Benning, Ga., before being assigned to a West Coast-based SEAL team in October 1997. He reported to the Naval Special Warfare Center, Coronado, Calif., in March 2004, and transferred to an East Coast-based SEAL team in January 2006.