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TIMOTHY JAMES LYNCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1950 – August 16, 1971
Service recordTimothy James Lynch, of Washington, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 133
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, Indiana (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 133
- ANTONIO TONY TOSAPrivate · August 17, 1971
- ARTHUR GERALD DENTONSergeant First Class · August 18, 1971
- WILLIE CLYDE KUYKENDALLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1971
- JOHN LESLIE BRANNONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1971
From Washington
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
- JOHN ROY CHAPMANLieutenant · April 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · February 6, 1969
- JOHN EMERY DAYTONSergeant First Class · May 7, 1970
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
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.