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RODGER PAUL LANTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1949 – April 25, 1969
Service recordRodger Paul Lanter, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 47
- GEORGE R KIDDCaptain · April 25, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY KINGSergeant First Class · April 25, 1969
- DAVID LEE KITCHENLance Corporal · April 25, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL LACEYSpecialist Five · April 25, 1969
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.