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ALAN DAVID LYLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordAlan David Lyle, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- May 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 4
- EDWARD DRAKE SCOTTLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAM SCOTT IIIWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1968
- DONALD GRAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- TERRY HUGH SMITHSergeant · June 12, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.