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GEORGE MICHAEL LYONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1950 – June 22, 1969
Service recordGeorge Michael Lyons, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 112
- TERENCE ARTHUR HUEBNERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1969
- ROBERT HOLBROOK JOYTechnical Sergeant · June 22, 1969
- JOHN GAYLORD KOPRIVASergeant · June 22, 1969
- EDDIE LEE LOCKLEARPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERENCE ARTHUR HUEBNERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 112
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
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 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
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.