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STEPHEN WILLIAM LYNCH
Captain · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – June 10, 1972
Service recordStephen William Lynch, of Batesville, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Batesville, Arkansas (Independence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1972; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD DOUGHTIEFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1972
- JEFFREY ALAN MAURERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1972
- ELVIS WELDON OSBORNE JRSergeant · June 9, 1972
- ROBERT ALLAN ROBERTSONCaptain · June 9, 1972
From Batesville
- HENRY WILSON RUST JRLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1966
- EDWARD DEAN GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD LAWSON HIXCorporal · June 18, 1967
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · July 29, 1967
- GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAYSergeant · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGHFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
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.