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FRANCIS ANTHONY LAUTNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1946 – May 31, 1968
Service recordFrancis Anthony Lautner, of Minden City, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Minden City, Michigan (Sanilac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 12
- ROBERT CHRISTIAN ALLENLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD LAUERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- THOMAS LEE LOSCHIAVOLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN MACHIELance Corporal · May 31, 1968
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.