Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: D Company, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 21-Jun-1944
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
Marital status: Married to Mary S. Lynch
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 24-Mar-1966
Start of tour: 21-Aug-1967
Incident date: 14-May-1968
Date of casualty: 14-May-1968
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Michael Henry Lynch died from fragment wounds received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight. He was admitted to 12th Evacuation Hospital, Cu Chi, and later expired.
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Calvary Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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