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FRANK ELLIOT LYON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – September 12, 1967
Service recordFrank Elliot Lyon, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 CO 9 ENG BN
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 61
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT KENT MATTSONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 1967
- JAMES ANTON MORRISONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.