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RICHARD RAY LANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Ray Landers, of Orcutt, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Orcutt, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 10
- RONNIE JOE JONESLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT LAFONDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- CHRIS JOHN LARSEN IIILance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARTHUR ANSELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 44
- THOMAS O REYNASergeant · Panel 54E, Line 16
- PAUL LEONARD YOSTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 22
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.