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BLAINE WILSON LANDERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1945 – June 19, 1967
Service recordBlaine Wilson Landers, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 14
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND D CROWDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- EDWARD LEE FAILS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 11
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 11
- BOBBY LOUIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- WAYNE THOMAS SCHUMACHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 19
- WILLIAM NORMAN SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 19
- LEONARD VITO TEDESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 21
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.