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DAYTON WAYNE LANIER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 2, 1940 – May 9, 1968
Service recordDayton Wayne Lanier, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 26
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57E, Line 26
- RONALD NORMAN KOITZSCHSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- PHILLIP LANS LACKEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE LEWISSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- SAMUEL SWANN LINVILLECorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE VERNON AIREY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 12
- ROBERT ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES CURTIS BANGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 14
- ROBERT JOHN CAPANDASpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- CARLOS WAYNE CORNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 17
- FREDDIE JAMES COX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- JOHN CHRISTIAN DOUGHERTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 19
- FRANK WILLIAM ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- VIRGIL JAMES FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 21
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 21
- DANIEL GEORGE GLADDINGSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- GEORGE ERVIN GUYETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 24
- ROBERT NELSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RONALD NORMAN KOITZSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MITCHELL MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 29
- DONALD K MCNEILWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57E, Line 29
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 2
- MARK DOUGLAS YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
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.