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JOHN MICHAEL LAMANNA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1947 – February 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Lamanna, of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 32
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 5 MAR
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Fair Lawn, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 32
- REGINALD MILMEN HERBERTCorporal · February 1, 1969
- STEPHEN RAY KUTSCHBACHSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- DAVID ALAN LANNINGPrivate · February 1, 1969
- STEVEN LAWRENCE LEACHLance Corporal · February 1, 1969
From Fair Lawn
- ROBERT CHARLES HAUSERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- ALLEN GEIBSpecialist Five · January 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM MAHURTERPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.