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DONALD FRANCIS LANDERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1944 – March 23, 1968
Service recordDonald Francis Landers, of Munnsville, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Munnsville, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Ninh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 64
- CLARENCE DAWKINS JRLance Corporal · March 23, 1968
- ROBERT ADAM KANESKISpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- MICHAEL D LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- FRANK RALPH MELL JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EULAS FAY GREGORYStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 63
- MICHAEL PAUL HARRISCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 63
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 1
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.