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FRANK ELLIS LYONS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1926 – June 16, 1966
Service recordFrank Ellis Lyons, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1926
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 53
- ALCADIO NORBER MASCARENASLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- EMERY GEORGE MIKULAFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 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.