{"id":3800,"date":"2020-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:37:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:37:47","slug":"john-percy-leon-lewis-military-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3800","title":{"rendered":"John Percy Leon Lewis, military officer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Percy Leon Lewis – a Guyanan military officer – died on 7 April, 2020 due to COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lewis had also been president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union. He is believed to have been Guyana's sixth coronavirus victim, dying a few days after his wife Juliet Lewis who died on March 27 from pneumonia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Deputy Commandant of The Guyana Peoples Militia Longest serving reserve officer in Guyana with over 30 years of service. Only reserve officer to become a full Colonel by moving up from a Reserve Subaltern in 1968. Only reserve officer to be awarded the Military Service Medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lewis died on 7 April, 2020, in Guyana due to complications from COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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John Percy Leon Lewis – a Guyanan military officer – died on 7 April, 2020 due to COVID-19. Lewis had also been president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union. He is believed to have been Guyana's sixth coronavirus victim, dying a few days after his wife Juliet Lewis who died on March 27 from pneumonia. 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