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JAMMIE JAY LANIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1942 – April 14, 1966
Service recordJammie Jay Lanier, of Magnolia, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Magnolia, North Carolina (Duplin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 113
- BURTON KYLE MCCORDCaptain · April 14, 1966
- CHARLES JOHN MURPHY JRStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- HOWARD EARL ROTHRING JRPrivate · April 14, 1966
From Magnolia
- DALLAS ERVIN MCKINNEY JRSpecialist Four · April 22, 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.