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CHARLIE LOUIS LANIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – March 15, 1971
Service recordCharlie Louis Lanier, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 50
- JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLLWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID MINERColonel · March 15, 1971
- PHILLIP DEAN MONSONSergeant · March 15, 1971
- GREGORY SCOTT MORGANSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HUGH RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 51
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.