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JOSEPH WALTER LYONS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1945 – June 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph Walter Lyons, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 19
- KENNETH EDWARD KIDDSergeant Major · June 5, 1968
- GEORGE LOUIS KING JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- JOSEPH KLEINCorporal · June 5, 1968
- LARRY DWIGHT MAGGARDSergeant · June 5, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.