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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert George Landringham.

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ROBERT GEORGE LANDRINGHAM

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

June 15, 1941 – June 29, 1965

Service record

Robert George Landringham, of Madison, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 29, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 23

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
June 15, 1941
Home of record
Madison, New York (Madison County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 29, 1965
Age
24
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1965; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 23

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.