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CARL DONALD LYNCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 7, 1950 – June 6, 1969
Service recordCarl Donald Lynch, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 89
- DON HARRISON LASCELLESStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- RONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- PETER ALLEN LEHMANStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 82
- WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGERSergeant Major · Panel 23W, Line 84
- JOHN PHILIP CRAIGCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 84
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CRUSIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 84
- RICHARD EDWARD CYRANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 84
- ROBERT CHARLES ESSMANNCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 85
- ROBERT MICHAEL FULLMERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 85
- LARRY GENE GOSCHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 86
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 87
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- DUANE HENRY LANDWEHR JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- DON HARRISON LASCELLESStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 89
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 90
- BRUCE CALVIN MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 90
- JOHN DAVID RHODES IIICorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- RONNIE DEAN SHAWCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 92
- PHILLIP FINNAN THERIOTCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 93
- RICHARD PAUL VALADEZCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 93
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.