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LARRY JEROME LYONS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1941 – April 6, 1968
Service recordLarry Jerome Lyons, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 87 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
- Born
- July 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 29
- DANIEL RAY KETTMANNPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- HARRY JAY KORDASIEWICZPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- HERMAN AUGUSTA LOHMAN JRCorporal · April 6, 1968
- FREDERICK EUGENE LOVESpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
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.