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PINK MILTON LYNCH JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 11, 1943 – October 4, 1966
Service recordPink Milton Lynch JR, of Ringgold, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 510 ENG CO
- Born
- August 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Ringgold, Virginia (Pittsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 45
- ROBERT ORAL KORNSMaster Sergeant · October 2, 1966
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- JAMES GARRIS LITTSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- DANIEL PAUL MARLOWEStaff Sergeant · October 4, 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.