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JAMES OLIVER LYNCH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 11, 1940 – April 13, 1969
Service recordJames Oliver Lynch, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 75
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 75
- ALVIE JUNIOR LEDFORD JRCaptain · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES MARTINSergeant · April 13, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.