Rank: Sergeant
Unit: C Trp, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: November 27, 1881 in Fort Conger, Grinnell Land. He was 31.
Date of birth: 1851
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 16 April 1884
Age at death: 32 or 33
Cause of death: Insufficient nutrition
Location of fatality: Camp Clay, Ellesmere Island, Lady Franklin Bay, Arctic Territory,
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Place of interment: Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Note: Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Aug. 11, 1884 – “Burial of Sergeant Lynn, of the Greely Party”.
Philadelphia, Aug. 10 – The funeral of Sergeant David Lynn, 2d United Stated Cavalry, and a member of the Greely Arctic Exploring Expedition, took place this afternoon from the residence of his mother. After the services in the house the body was taken to Mr. Moriah Cemetery, where the interment took place. The services at the cemetery comprised simply a prayer and a military salute. Many posts of the Grand Army of the Republic accompanied the body to the cemetery.”