CPL.
ALAN RICHARD LYMAN
Length of service 2 years
His tour began on Apr. 30, 1968
Casualty was on June 13, 1968
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
Cpl.
Alan Richard Lyman served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines,
M Co. His name stands proudly on the Mike
3/5 Wall of Honor. Semper Fi, brother Marine...we will
never forget.
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We
were buddies together in Mike Co. 3/5
I
was running an airstrike about 500 meters away when a piece of shrapnel
hit Alan Lyman in the chest and fatally wounded his heart. He lasted
only seconds. It may have been a secondary explosion, or a ricochet
from the 250 lb. bombs we were dropping, but it happened. The safety
distance for a 250 lb. bomb explosion was 250 meters away and we were
twice that distance. That morning before he and I went out, we said
our usual, "It was nice knowing Ya," but this time it was
true and I have always thought what if we had done something differently.
He was the last new guy I would ever be close to. It hurt too much.
He was a great guy. Semper Fi~Jim Blankenheim
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