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JAMES ARTHUR LANIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1948 – May 3, 1968
Service recordJames Arthur Lanier, of Guyton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Guyton, Georgia (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; seven 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 54E, Line 27
- JOHN EDWARD MANSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- BOBBY LYN MCKAINChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 3, 1968
From Guyton
- CHARLES JAMES EVANSSergeant · July 23, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD BUSH JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
- ROOSEVELT WALLACECorporal · October 7, 1969
- DAVID WARREN WINDSOR JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1971
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.