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GARY LEE LANTZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Lantz, of Barnesville, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Barnesville, Minnesota (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 13
- WILLIAM EDWIN KOEHLERPrivate · May 16, 1968
- ALVIN ANTHONY MACK JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- HOMER LANDUS MEDLEYPlatoon Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES RUSSELL J MENTONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 7
- EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 10
- HOMER LANDUS MEDLEYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 13
From Barnesville
- JAMES RICHARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- EUGENE DONALD SCHINDLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.