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DOYLE WILMER LYNN
Commander · U.S. Navy
November 3, 1926 – May 27, 1965
Service recordDoyle Wilmer Lynn, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 27, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 111 USS MIDWAY CVA 41
- Born
- November 3, 1926
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 111 USS MIDWAY CVA 41”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 125
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- DONALD JAY FILLERSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
From Aliquippa
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
- ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLISpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
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.