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JOHN WILLIAM LYNCH III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 10, 1950 – January 5, 1971
Service recordJohn William Lynch III, of Northridge, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Northridge, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 27
- LARRY OWEN HARDENSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
- GLENN ERROLL KELLYCorporal · January 5, 1971
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
- RODNEY EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · January 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY OWEN HARDENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 27
From Northridge
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · February 21, 1967
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · September 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- VICTOR WALKER BULLARD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- PETER LAUST JAKOBSENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · July 10, 1969
- THOMAS ELLIOTT COPPPetty Officer Third Class · February 13, 1970
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.