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WILLIAM THOMAS LYNN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1950 – June 7, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thomas Lynn, of Princeton, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 103
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Princeton, Indiana (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 103
- JOHN STEPHEN LEWISCorporal · June 7, 1969
- RALPH TERENCE LOMENLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- MICHAEL WILLIAM OLEARYSergeant · June 7, 1969
From Princeton
- HOLLIE BOYD RUSSELLPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1966
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STALEY JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- STEPHEN WAYNE HADLEYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- THOMAS EARL LITTLEPAGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1970
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.