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JAMES E LYNN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1939 – December 15, 1967
Service recordJames E Lynn, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 2
- STEVEN MATARAZZOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MOGANSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- ALDEN GRAY MOSHER JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- WESLEY ALLEN MOYLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 96
- RICHARD ANTHONY CHOPPACorporal · Panel 31E, Line 96
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 97
- ROBERT LEE FLORESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 98
- WILLIE FRENCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- CHARLES WAYNE HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- DAVID PRESTON JEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 99
- RONALD LAVERN KLAUSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 99
- JAMES JOSEPH KOPRIVNIKARPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 99
- ANTHONY N LAPARDOSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- OMAR LEBRON-DOMENECHSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 1
- ROBERT LEVINESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 1
- EDWARD MICHAEL LOONEYSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- WAYNE DAVID RYZASpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 1
- STEVEN MATARAZZOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 2
- JOHN EDWARD MOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 2
- RILEY CHARLES ONEIL JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 4
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 4
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 5
- MICHAEL DENNIS SANDERCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 5
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 6
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 6
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.