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LANNY ALLEN YORK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
June 2, 1948 – September 16, 1972
Service recordLanny Allen York, of Muscatine, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 16, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 79
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1972. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 79
- RALPH LEWIS ROBINSONSeaman · October 1, 1972
- WESLEY HAROLD ROSEPetty Officer First Class · October 1, 1972
- RICKY LEE RUCKERSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- JEFFREY LYNN SCHELLERSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSeaman · October 1, 1972
From Muscatine
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS KINGChief Master Sergeant · December 25, 1968
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT DEAN FOSTERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR BUNNFirst Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- WILLIAM MORRIS COZADCorporal · May 13, 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.