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KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1951 – September 9, 1970
Service recordKevin Francis Lynch, of Natick, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Natick, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 49
- ELTON WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
- TIM EDWIN NEWELLSergeant · September 9, 1970
From Natick
- THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVANPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- ROGER DAVID BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · February 15, 1971
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.