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STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1950 – December 18, 1970
Service recordStephen Michael Lynch, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 130
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1970
- JOHN MARTINEZSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
- BOBBY LEE PALKCaptain · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LESLIE BARTELSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 128
- JOHN MARTINEZSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 130
- FLOYD DEAN SOLOMONCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 131
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 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.