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MICHAEL WILLIAM LYNE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1951 – January 7, 1970
Service recordMichael William Lyne, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 8
- REID CHARLES HENNINGSENSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL GEORGE HOFFCommander · January 7, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN HURSTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- LENUS EDWARD MEADSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAROY FREDERICH ROTHSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 9
- CHARLES R WILLARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 10
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.