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DAVID ALAN LANNING
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1950 – February 1, 1969
Service recordDavid Alan Lanning, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 32
- REGINALD MILMEN HERBERTCorporal · February 1, 1969
- STEPHEN RAY KUTSCHBACHSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL LAMANNAPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- STEVEN LAWRENCE LEACHLance Corporal · February 1, 1969
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.