Falls Church, Va., Nov. 21, 2012 -- After a long and valiant struggle with cancer, Air Force Lt. Col. David A. Lincoln passed Sunday morning, Nov. 18, 2012. Lt. Col. Lincoln, a beloved member of the military medical healthcare family for his entire career, served as a deputy director of the Armed Services Blood Program. He directed global operations for military blood support and served as the functional manager for all blood banking operations and blood policies of the Armed Services Blood Program. He will be sorely missed, and his family will long remain in our hearts and prayers.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C., and his Masters in Health Science and Immunohematology from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Lt. Col. Lincoln's Air Force career began in 1987 when he enlisted as a medical laboratory technologist and continued as a blood bank officer, from 1993 until his passing on Sunday. Serving in Air Force locations from Alaska, to New Mexico, South Carolina, Arizona, Washington, D.C., and Iraq and European NATO locales, Lt. Col. Lincoln's participation as a scientist and military officer was felt throughout both the military medical healthcare community and the broader global blood banking community.
His achievements will ever be part of the fabric of our military medical healthcare family. A highlight of his many accomplishments is what is affectionately referred to as the "Lincoln Tube," in the Armed Services Blood Program Office. This tube is a container developed by Lt. Col. Lincoln to be utilized in precision airdrops of blood that in the future will drop critical blood products in austere environments for our special operations forces.
Lt. Col. Lincoln was at home surrounded by family and friends at the time of his passing, and is survived by his wife, Carolyn, his young sons, James and Christopher, his daughter, Airman Valerie Harris and her husband, Senior Airman Eric Harris, and their son Caden, his grandson. Both Valerie and Eric are active duty Air Force based out of Langley Air Force Base, Va.
Viewing is this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., then at 11:30 a.m., the service will start. It will be held at Grace Life Community Church off Linton Hall Road.
Grace Life Community Church
9560 Linton Hall Road
Bristow, VA 20136
Burial will be at Sand Hills Cemetery, 400 Murchison Road in Spring Lake, N.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 2 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of David Lincoln to either the national lung cancer partnership at: www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org, or the national blood foundation at www.aabb.org/programs/nbf/.
It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss of Lt. Col. David A. Lincoln, a former deputy director of the Armed Services Blood Program, and a true friend to many in the military blood banking community.