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BERNARD LYNCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1950 – July 9, 1970
Service recordBernard Lynch, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 3
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- MILTON JOSEPH JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LEE KRULLCorporal · July 9, 1970
- JULIAN LUNASergeant First Class · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL DALE MILBERGERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 4
- JOHNNY WAYNE OGLESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.