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LANNY DEE CUMMINS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1942 – May 17, 1968
Service recordLanny Dee Cummins, of Oroville, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 2
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 2
- CARL RICHARD DAGGERCorporal · May 17, 1968
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- LUIS DELGADO-CLASSHospitalman · May 17, 1968
From Oroville
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 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.