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JOHN JOSEPH LYNN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – January 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Lynn JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 1
- RAYMOND MEDINAStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1967
- ANTHONY PAUL MEOLAPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- DAVID B MERRILLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- LONNY LEROY MITZELAirman Second Class · January 9, 1967
- BRIAN RICHARD OCONNORSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.