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1st Lt Lynn H. Mead Jr. enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 14 October 1942.

He was killed when the command post of the company, that was stationed in a farmhouse, was shelled.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: 1st Lt Lynn H. Mead Jr. is awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achievment on 2 January 1945, in Belgium. Lt Mead voluntarily led a reconnaissance patrol on a particularly hazardous mission of crossing a wide river into enemy territory to determine exact hostile troop dispositions and to captured an enemy prisoner. Due to his outstanding skill, initiative, and courage displayed under fire when the patrol was discovered by the enemy, Lieutenant Mead successfully accomplished his mission, returning his men back to the company area without casualty.

He was also awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: 1st Lt Lynn H. Mead Jr. is awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action on 22 January 1945, in Belgium. The tanks on which they were attacking having bogged down, Lieutenant Mead and his men were forced to dismount and proceed through deep snow and intense fire from a Mark V tank and a self-propelled gun which made it difficult to advance. Fearlessly exposing himself, Lieutenant Mead maneuvered his platoon so successfully that he reached the objective and put the self-propelled gun out of action. Friendly fire, which he directed, knocked out the enemy tank allowing the platoon to advance. Lieutenant Mead's fearlessness and quick thinking sustained the company's attack and were contributing factors in the success of the battalion operation.