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HAROLD JAY LANNING
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 11, 1935 – October 13, 1965
Service recordHarold Jay Lanning, of Wanamassa, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 13, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 122
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- March 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Wanamassa, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 122
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- MICHAEL LIPTOCKPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
From Wanamassa
- JAMES FRANCIS LYTALSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- ALBERT L DADAMO JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 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.