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ROY EUGENE LYNN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1944 – March 3, 1969
Service recordRoy Eugene Lynn, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- May 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30W, Line 31
- JOSEPH SCHMICH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- VERNON ELBERT SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- DAVID ANDREW SEIBERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
From Shawnee
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- MILFORD EUDENE COBBStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- GARY BRUCE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.