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PETER LYNCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordPeter Lynch, of Goshen, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Goshen, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE LOCKHARTGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES ROSS MANARELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- ARTHUR JUSTILIEN MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 23
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 25
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Goshen
- ALAN WAYNE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH HEFNERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BECKSergeant · August 30, 1968
- HERBERT JAMES WISHERSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- DAVID SEELEY PELLEWStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 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.