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WILLIAM AFFLEY LYNCH JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 7, 1921 – November 26, 1966
Service recordWilliam Affley Lynch JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 124
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 7, 1921
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 124
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOE H TRICKEY JRCaptain · November 26, 1966
- RICHARD ERNEST WELCHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.