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JAMES E LYONS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – November 18, 1967
Service recordJames E Lyons, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 16
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MOMI NUHI KANEStaff Sergeant · November 18, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM LEHNHOFF JRLieutenant Colonel · November 18, 1967
- FLOYD LESTER LONGLance Corporal · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERWIN BEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 13
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- RICKIE D SPARKSSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 19
- JAMES DAVID SUGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 20
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.