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JAMES ANDREW LYONS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1947 – August 13, 1968
Service recordJames Andrew Lyons, of Wayland, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Wayland, Michigan (Allegan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 7
- FRANCISCO XAVIER LICEAPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM MATTESONPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
From Wayland
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · November 27, 1965
- ROY WARNER CHAMBERLAIN JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 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.