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HENRY DEAN LANKFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – March 5, 1966
Service recordHenry Dean Lankford, of Union, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 120
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Union, South Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 120
- CECIL WAYNE BURTONLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOSE ENRIQUE LAGUERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL IVAN MAHERLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- TOMMY ROGER MILLERHospitalman · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 112
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · Panel 5E, Line 113
- ROBERT MALUENDA CALIBOSOCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 114
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROBERT JOHN HIBBSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 118
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
- DANNY A NETHSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 121
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- DENNIS ROYAL ORTWINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 122
- MACK DONALD STAINBACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 125
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 126
From Union
- CURTIS LEE JETERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1966
- TROY MURL PUCKETTSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- WALLACE THOMSON MCMAKINPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- LARRY EDWARD LAWSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1973
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.