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GERALD JAMES LYNCH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – May 10, 1970
Service recordGerald James Lynch, of Donora, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Donora, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 14
- BRIAN EDWARD MCCARTHYCorporal · May 10, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM MERSCHMANSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- EDDIE MOLINO JRCaptain · May 10, 1970
- ERNEST LAWRENCE MOORESergeant · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LELAND MCLANE CHESTNUTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 10
- RONALD WALTER HOLTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 12
- TERRY LEE KETTERCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 12
- RALPH OLIVER MURPHY IIICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 13
From Donora
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
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.