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RICHARD THOMAS LYNCH
Captain · U.S. Army
January 15, 1935 – September 10, 1964
Service recordRichard Thomas Lynch, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Malvern, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1964
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 63
- WILLIAM R PATIENCE JRSergeant First Class · August 21, 1964
- JOHN BERNARD MCLAUGHLINCaptain · August 27, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
From Malvern
- GARY DWIGHT JEFFERISSpecialist Four · September 6, 1966
- NICHOLAS LOUIS VENDITTIWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 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.