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LANNY WILSON BANTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – January 29, 1969
Service recordLanny Wilson Banta, of Pleasureville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Pleasureville, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 12
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAKERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- CHARLES DORIAN BULLARDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE LEONARD ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 13
From Pleasureville
- TROY HILLIS BATTERTONSergeant · April 8, 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.