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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Christopher Joseph Lantz.

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CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH LANTZ

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

April 11, 1947 – February 18, 1966

Service record

Christopher Joseph Lantz, of East Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 5E · Line 47

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
Born
April 11, 1947
Home of record
East Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 18, 1966
Age
18
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From East Cleveland

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.