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LANNY LAMAR WESSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – December 19, 1968
Service recordLanny Lamar Wesson, of Cedartown, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Cedartown, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 47
- MICHAEL PATRICK WALSHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- DONNIE LEON WORTHEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM BENSONSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- JACK PATRICK BLAKECaptain · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 45
From Cedartown
- JULIAN WAYNE COUCHPlatoon Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- FRANKLIN CLOVISPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WILBURN EDWARD WESTERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- RAY HOUSTON WOODSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- BRUCE SHERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- RAY MCKIBBENSergeant · December 6, 1968
- DON LARRY ATKINSCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEROY ROGERSSergeant First Class · December 23, 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.