Andrew Irvine Lyman – Colonel, United States Marine Corps

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From a contemporary press report:

Andrew Irvine Lyman, 81, a retired Marine colonel who served in two wars and later went into the steamship business, died of multiple organ failure January 19, 1998 at Reston Hospital, Reston, Virginia.

Colonel Lyman, who was born in Washington, attended Severn and Bullis preparatory schools and the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He received a naval commission in 1940 and during World War II served as a commanding officer of an anti-aircraft artillery unit in the South and Central Pacific islands.

His post-World War II assignments included service on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations and Joint Chiefs of Staff. He served in the Vietnam War as chief of staff of the Third Marine Division. Among his military honors was the Legion of Merit.

He retired from the military in 1967, then worked as a director of operations for a steamship business in Vietnam and Bangkok. He retired again in 1977 and settled in Sterling in 1996.

His marriage to Miriam Farrington Lyman ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Frances Lyman of Sterling; four children from his first marriage, Pamela Farrington Lyman of Santa Rosa, Calif., Marianne Lyman Buyrn of Chesapeake, Va., retired Marine Col. Charles H. Lyman IV of Alexandria and David A. Lyman of Seattle; five grandchildren; and a great grandson.

LYMAN, ANDREW IRVINE, COL, USMC (Ret.)

On Monday, January 19, 1998, at Reston Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 30, 1998 at 1 p.m., Ft. Myer (Old Post). Interment Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Navy Marine Corp Relief Society, 801 N. Randolph St., Suite #1226, Arlington, VA 22203-1978.

LYMAN, ANDREW IRVINE

  • COL   US MARINE CORPS
  • VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 06/30/1930 – 06/30/1967
  • DATE OF BIRTH: 10/23/1916
  • DATE OF DEATH: 01/19/1998
  • DATE OF INTERMENT: 01/30/1998
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 36  SITE 622
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

LYMAN, DOROTHY RIGGS

  • DATE OF BIRTH: 11/27/1921
  • DATE OF DEATH: 04/05/2004
  • DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/19/2004
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 36  SITE 622
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  • WIFE OF LYMAN, ANDREW IRVINE COL US MARINE CORPS

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