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JOHN EDWARD LYNCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – June 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Lynch, of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 54
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Forty Fort, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 54
- FRANCIS BERNARD MADDEN JRSergeant · June 15, 1969
- JERRY MCCARTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- WAYNE OLAND MCCLUNGStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1969
- HAROLD LEON SHATTUCK JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
From Forty Fort
- BOYD ELLIS MORROWMajor · October 13, 1967
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
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.