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GARY KENNETH LANNOM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1945 – February 26, 1968
Service recordGary Kenneth Lannom, of Corinth, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Corinth, Mississippi (Alcorn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia 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 41E, Line 39
- WILLIE LEE JAMESSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN JANSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN KROMREYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ANTHONY LAROCCOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RODGER RAY HERTELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 37
From Corinth
- BOBBY HUDSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1966
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY FRANKLIN NEWCOMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- WEYMAN TERRY COOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
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.