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MARK ROBERT LANDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordMark Robert Lander, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 62
- DANIEL H LAWLERSpecialist Five · May 20, 1967
- JOSEPH LEDESMA JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- VERNON LEROY LEINOPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
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.