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GERALD CLYDE LYMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 3, 1944 – February 2, 1966
Service recordGerald Clyde Lyman, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 133
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 3, 1944
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 133
- DAVID ACEL FAIRCHILDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL ONEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 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.