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LLOYD ALLEN VANNATTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1940 – December 10, 1965
Service recordLloyd Allen Vannatter, of Milton, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Milton, West Virginia (Cabell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- 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
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 11
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- DONALD DAVID STEWARTStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
From Milton
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS KAUFFERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- BILLY JOE VICKERSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- ARTHUR WILSON JRSpecialist Five · March 24, 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.