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PHILLIP EDMOND LYNCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – March 25, 1969
Service recordPhillip Edmond Lynch, of Williams, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Williams, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 37
- PRENTICE WAYNE HICKSSergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
- BOBBY DALE JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LEONARD WILLIAM LABOWSKISergeant · March 25, 1969
- EDWARD DONALD LAMOREUXPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EVANS BROWN JRPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 33
- JEWELL ROBERT GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 36
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- FREDERICK DANIEL HERRERASergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- RICHARD DEAN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 40
From Williams
- PAUL EDWARD TOLBERTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
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.