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SAMUEL ROY LYNCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1949 – December 18, 1970
Service recordSamuel Roy Lynch, of Nacogdoches, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 130
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 130
- STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCHSergeant · December 18, 1970
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1970
- JOHN MARTINEZSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
- BOBBY LEE PALKCaptain · December 18, 1970
From Nacogdoches
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · May 18, 1966
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · May 29, 1967
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 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.