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SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1938 – April 12, 1970
Service recordSherman David Lannes JR, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 127
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Chief (2519)
- Born
- January 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 127
- JAMES MITCHELL ATCHISONCaptain · April 12, 1970
- TIMOTHY RAY FAUSTSergeant · April 12, 1970
- DONALD RAY HOFFEDITZPrivate First Class · April 12, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MERRILLSergeant · April 12, 1970
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
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.