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ALAN RICHARD LYMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1946 – June 13, 1968
Service recordAlan Richard Lyman, of Georgetown, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Texas (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 12
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON PHILLIPSFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1968
- RONALD DEAN POOLELance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · June 13, 1968
From Georgetown
- BEN DAVID SNOWDENMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- LARRY RAY GUENTZELSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- RICHARD ARLEN OMANCorporal · April 27, 1969
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.