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WELDON GEORGE LYNN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1949 – February 17, 1969
Service recordWeldon George Lynn, of Winder, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Winder, Georgia (Barrow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 50
- ROBERT JAMES HALLSergeant · February 17, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE LIEBHABERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- CORNELIUS A MCCAFFERTY JRPetty Officer First Class · February 17, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
From Winder
- GENE WENDELL LAYPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- LORENZO TUGGLEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · April 24, 1970
- BILLY JOE HAMMONDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1972
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.