Darren Lewis is a Black soldier from the Bronx who joins the squad with Perry, Peewee, Johnson, Brunner, Brewster, Lobel, Monaco, and Walowick. He sustains a serious injury on his first patrol and is taken back to the hospital at Chu Lai, from which he is likely reassigned elsewhere as he doesn’t rejoin the squad.
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Darren Lewis Character Timeline in Fallen Angels
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Chapter 13
...stopping enemy movements at night. Six “new brothers” join them, including two—Nate Turner and Darren Lewis—on Perry’s squad. Sergeant Simpson only has 22 days left when they make their first patrol...
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The chopper drops off the squad, taking the wounded medic and Darren Lewis—who suffered a broken arm during the patrol—back to Chu Lai. Later, when Simpson comes into...
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Chapter 23
...rear, imagines turning and seeing the others trailing the platoon: Brew, Jenkins, Sergeant Dongan, Turner, Lewis, Lieutenant Carroll, and all the others whose deaths he witnessed. He prays for God to...
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