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JAMES LYONS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1934 – June 4, 1966
Service recordJames Lyons JR, of Abbeville, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 AT BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 11, 1934
- Home of record
- Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 AT BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 7
- JAMES NELSON SPANGLERFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- EVERETT EARL LIGHTSecond Lieutenant · June 4, 1966
- JEROME WALTER LITKEPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 6
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 6
From Abbeville
- STEPHEN JACKSON WELSHLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS LEE NORWOOD JRCaptain · February 11, 1970
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.