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TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – March 5, 1967
Service recordTimothy Joseph Lynah, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 22
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- REGINALD GEORGE MORSEWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAMPDEN CUTTS JUDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 21
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · March 9, 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.