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JOHN BRUCE LYLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Bruce Lyle, of Athens, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 23
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Athens, Alabama (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE LOCKHARTGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES ROSS MANARELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- ARTHUR JUSTILIEN MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 23
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 25
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Athens
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · June 21, 1967
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · December 19, 1967
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1970
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.