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MICHAEL HENRY LYNCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1944 – May 14, 1968
Service recordMichael Henry Lynch, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 14
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 14
- WALTER HUGH MAULDINMaster Sergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONNIE GORDON LEWISLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- LOUIS CARDELL LOWELance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT MAURERPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JESUS MEJIAPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EMERY CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 9
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.