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MICHAEL LINN LYTLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – October 26, 1969
Service recordMichael Linn Lytle, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 122
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Oskaloosa, Iowa (Mahaska County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 122
- RICHARD MATTHEW LOGANSergeant · October 26, 1969
- KEITH MASON PARRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- GRAY DAWSON WARRENCaptain · October 26, 1969
- RONALD DALE WESTPHALSergeant · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LORENZO CHAPA JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 120
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 120
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 121
- RICHARD MATTHEW LOGANSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 122
From Oskaloosa
- WARREN EVERETT PHILLIPSSergeant · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD LEE BARTLOWStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- DAVID LEROY MCCOMBSStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
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.