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JAMES MARTIN LYNCH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1942 – July 29, 1967
Service recordJames Martin Lynch, of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 ANTITANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Cheltenham, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 3 ANTITANK BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 33
- KENNETH WAYNE LOZIERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- ALAN RUSSELL METZAirman · July 29, 1967
- GEORGE DANIEL MILLERAirman · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALAN CLIFFORD ERICKSONLance Corporal · Panel 24E, Line 22
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.