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LYLE DAVID ZACHER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1944 – February 27, 1969
Service recordLyle David Zacher, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 87
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 87
- RONALD PETER YUHASPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- MARVIN DONALD BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.