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LANNY JOHN WALLACE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1942 – July 21, 1970
Service recordLanny John Wallace, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 40
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Shawnee Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 40
- LOYD HOWARD SANDERSSergeant First Class · July 21, 1970
- GARETH MACKENZIE SILVERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1970
- MARVIN LEROY WAGNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1970
- SCOTT FRANCIS WEMETTEFireman · July 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER JOSEPH KACSOCK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 38
- MARVIN LEROY WAGNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8W, Line 40
- PHILLIP GERALD WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 41
From Shawnee Mission
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- LARRY WYNN PETETTSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE WALKER SCANLANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT ORAL GIRDNERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE GLYNNPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · September 21, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · November 11, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 1971
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.