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LANNIE RAY ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1950 – February 11, 1970
Service recordLannie Ray Anderson, of Lincoln, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Kansas (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 124
- JOEL RICHARD STEPPSeaman · February 10, 1970
- DOUGLAS HOWARD TANNERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1970
- JOHN JAMES BURNS JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BOUCHE DAVIS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 125
- TIMOTHY LEWIS MCCURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- THOMAS LEE NORWOOD JRCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 128
From Lincoln
- MERLE ELDON JONESSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1966
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.