Lewis Nelson and Holly Downs Ben, Anna, and Gwen Follow Lewis on Twitter

Lewis and Holly met while attending the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. They got married on November 27, 2002, at the Presidio of Monterey. Holly left the Army in September of 2003 while pregnant with their first child. Lewis was trained as a Korean linguist in the Army and stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as part of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).  Their first child, Benjamin (Ben) was born on December 15, 2003, at Fort Campbell’s Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. Their second child, Arianna (Anna) was born on March 23, 2005, also at Fort Campbell. Lewis served with the 101st Airborne for three and a half years including two combat deployments to Iraq. In July of 2007, they said goodbye to Clarksville, Tennessee, and moved to San Angelo, Texas, where Lewis was assigned as a military instructor. It was there that their third child, Gwendolyn (Gwen) was born on April 6, 2008. After 15 short months in Texas, Lewis left the US Army and the family moved to the Charlottesville, Virginia, area.

Currently, Lewis is continuing his work with the government as a civilian and Holly is a stay-at-home mom.