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JOSEPH LANNON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1949 – October 1, 1968
Service recordJoseph Lannon JR, of Hatboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 57
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
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hatboro, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 57
- JOHN EDWIN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOE ROBERT LAURENCEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROCCO ROSARIO LUCISANOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOHN DILLARD WILLIAMSSergeant · October 1, 1968
From Hatboro
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1965
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 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.