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JOHN EDWARD LANING
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1946 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Laning, of North Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 62
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
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- North Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 62
- JAMES LEROY LESTER JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JESUS MARIO LIMONESPrivate · May 8, 1967
- ROBERT LUDECKERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
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.