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DANIEL FRANCIS LYNCH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1949 – November 12, 1969
Service recordDaniel Francis Lynch JR, of East Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 66
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
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- East Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 66
- LARRY CLARENCE MOSHERSergeant · November 12, 1969
- LIONEL EUGENE PARSONSCaptain · November 12, 1969
- WILLIAM MCGREGOR PIERPONTSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1969
- RANDOLPH VINCENT RHEASpecialist Five · November 12, 1969
From East Weymouth
- RICHARD DON SLACK JRCorporal · November 21, 1964
- JEROME JAMES MACDONALDSpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
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.