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QUILLARD FRANK LYONS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1945 – April 13, 1968
Service recordQuillard Frank Lyons, of De Ridder, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1945
- Home of record
- De Ridder, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 44
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- ERNEST ESTELL LESUREStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- DOUGLAS LEONARD LONG JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUGUST THOMAS BATTAGLIASpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 39
- RICHARD ALVIN RENFROSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 47
From De Ridder
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH GUILLORYSergeant Major · June 18, 1967
- JAMES V HAMILTONSergeant First Class · September 27, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RATHBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- IRVING DONALD BARROWSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOODStaff Sergeant · May 29, 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.