Hubert M. Lewis

Hubert M. Lewis
Personal details
Birth name	Red Lewis
Born	North Carolina
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Awards	Bronze Star; Air Medal
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Field Artillery
ASN	01184097
Rank	Major
Rank at Ritchie	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 11 (25 August – 23 October 1943)
Section	6A

Awards and honors

Bronze Star

Air Medal

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Hubert M. Lewis was a Duke alumnus and Ritchie Boy (Class 11) who led G-2 for the 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific and earned the Bronze Star and Air Medal.

Biography

Hubert M. “Red” Lewis earned a chemistry degree at Duke University and did graduate work at North Carolina State before joining Duke’s coaching staff; as an undergraduate he had been a Southern Conference track standout. Entering the service as a private with the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command in Florida, he was commissioned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in July 1943, trained further at Camp Ritchie (Class 11), and shipped to the Pacific.

Lewis served as officer in charge of the G-2 unit of the 25th Infantry Division from Luzon to Nagoya. The Duke Alumni Register reported that after about forty months overseas he returned as a major with an Air Medal and a Bronze Star with oak-leaf cluster.

Research notes

• Pacific PI Team 5
• PI 5

Gallery

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  Hubert M. Lewis portrait (RB Archive)
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  Duke Alumni Register, February 1946 — Alumnus Decorated (RB Archive)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_ASN	184097
Class_Name	LEWIS, Hubert M.
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Duke University — B.S. chemistry; Southern Conference track; later coaching staff.
• July 1943 — Commissioned at Fort Sill after AAF technical training.
• Camp Ritchie Class 11 — Further military-intelligence training.
• Pacific Theater — G-2, 25th Infantry Division (Luzon to Nagoya).
• c. 1946 — Returned as major; Air Medal; Bronze Star with OLC (Duke Alumni Register).

Sources

• Duke Alumni Register, February 1946 — Alumnus Decorated (RB Archive)
• Hubert M. Lewis portrait (RB Archive)
• Duke Alumni Register, February 1946 — “Alumnus Decorated” (RB Archive OCR)
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-30 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Hubert M. Lewis for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Lewis, Hubert M. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HUBERT M. LEWIS.doc)