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JOHN THOMAS LYNN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – July 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Lynn, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 27
- SOLOMON LEON MCMILLIANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLARENCE MOORESpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
- JIMMY LAYNE NORSWORTHYLance Corporal · July 21, 1968
From Kennewick
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.