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JOHN THOMAS LANKASTER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1949 – April 15, 1970
Service recordJohn Thomas Lankaster JR, of Plainville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Plainville, Indiana (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 8
- JAMES WILLIAM LINDEMANNSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- CHARLES LE ROY MERRILL JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- ROSENDO MONTANASpecialist Five · April 15, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES MUSSINSergeant · April 15, 1970
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.