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RAYMOND EDWARD LANTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1944 – September 13, 1968
Service recordRaymond Edward Lanter, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 50
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 50
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · September 13, 1968
- MELVIN RAY LONGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- CHARLES LAVERN LUMMSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN MAHANSergeant · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE BECKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 45
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOHN WESLEY DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 46
- RAYMOND COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 48
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 49
- WILLIAM MANZANARES JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 44W, Line 51
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- ERNEST DELBERT PEINASpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 44W, Line 53
- GERALD W PLUNKETTCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 53
- JOSEPH ALVIN VENABLESergeant Major · Panel 44W, Line 54
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 55
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.