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JOHN PAUL LYON
Captain · U.S. Army
March 29, 1944 – April 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Paul Lyon, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Cohasset, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 1
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MOREHOUSESergeant · April 1, 1969
- LARRY JACK LUCASSergeant · April 18, 1969
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · April 18, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
From Cohasset
- WILLIAM CLIVE LAIDLAWCorporal · August 18, 1965
- PETER COGILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH REARDONFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
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.