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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Nicholas Pierre Lannoye.

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NICHOLAS PIERRE LANNOYE

Corporal · U.S. Army

November 1, 1949 – October 10, 1969

Service record

Nicholas Pierre Lannoye, of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 17W · Line 63

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
82 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
November 1, 1949
Home of record
Thief River Falls, Minnesota (Pennington County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 10, 1969
Age
19
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

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What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

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From Thief River Falls

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.