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BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1949 – November 25, 1968
Service recordBruce Anthony Lynch, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 59
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 59
- ROBERT KENNETH HOULEStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE DAVID KUTCHEYCorporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 1970
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.