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OSCAR BURL LYLES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1934 – December 23, 1969
Service recordOscar Burl Lyles JR, of Parsons, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 86
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Parsons, Tennessee (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 86
- SANDERS RAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- ERROLD RUFUS FARRARSergeant · December 23, 1969
- TRUMAN JAMES W GILBERTSergeant · December 23, 1969
- WILLIS WAYNE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD BERGFELDTSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 85
- EASLEY PHILLIP BYERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 85
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.