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DONALD GENE LANHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1949 – August 19, 1969
Service recordDonald Gene Lanham, of Rainelle, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 69
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Rainelle, West Virginia (Greenbrier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 69
- FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU IIPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN A KOLWYCKSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- STEWART JAMES LAVIGNECorporal · August 19, 1969
- BOBBY JOE LIKENSSergeant · August 19, 1969
From Rainelle
- RICHARD LOWELL CURDCorporal · August 17, 1967
- RONALD LEE BERRYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
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.