ISOB Lynch - 38th Infantry Regiment
Details:
The grave is located in Section C, Plot 30; the military gravestone is located on the ground to the left of the family memorial.
Isolated BurialA standard flat white US Military gravestone and a family gravestone.
Private First Class Philip Lynch was a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment “Rock of the Marne” (G Company), 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while attacking enemy positions on "Bloody Ridge" in North Korea on August 27, 1951.
PFC Lynch was from Kilconly (Brooklawn), Ireland and enlisted in Massachusetts. A fellow Irish soldier, Private First Class Michael Herlihy, was also a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment and was KIA at the "Battle of the Bloody Ridge". See site Ballydesmond, ISOB Herlihy for more on Herlihy.
Monument Text:
On the US Military Gravestone:
Philip Columba Lynch
Ireland
PFC US Army
Korea PH
July 12 1929 August 27 1951
The inscription of the family grave:
In Loving Memory of
Philip Columba Lynch
Brooklawn
who died in action in Korea
August 27th 1951
His father Andrew Joseph
died 24th September 1966
His mother Sabina Lynch
died 11 August 1993
His brother Patrick Vincent Lynch
died 28 February 1989 R.I.P.
Erected by his loving parents
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
2nd Infantry Division
38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
Wars:
Korean War
Battles:
Battle of Bloody Ridge (Korea)
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