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JOHN MICHAEL LYONS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – September 16, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Lyons, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 6
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 6
- RODNEY BRADFORDCorporal · September 16, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY KELLEYPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1968
- RALPH WARREN KUCHCINSKIPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JODY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 3
- JAMES RAYMOND ENGLERTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 4
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · Panel 43W, Line 5
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 7
- JOSE MANUEL QUESNEYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 8
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 10
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.