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LYNN SPANN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1945 – July 15, 1966
Service recordLynn Spann, of Sardis, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Sardis, Mississippi (Panola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 26
- CARL WAYNE SCHLOEMERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- HEROLIN THADUS SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD STUBSTADPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
From Sardis
- LEE CURTIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · October 1, 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.