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THOMAS KEVIN LYONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Kevin Lyons, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 36
- STEVEN JAMES LAYTONPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS LODISE JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RONALD DAVID LOVELADYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD ROBERT CROTHERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53E, Line 29
- MICHAEL JAY MASSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 37
- EUSEBIO SOLISPrivate · Panel 53E, Line 41
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 42
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.