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THOMAS DESMOND LANMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – September 17, 1967
Service recordThomas Desmond Lanman, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 567 TRANS
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 84
- MARVIN E GOEBELSpecialist Five · September 17, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD GORDONLance Corporal · September 17, 1967
- PETER ARTHUR GRUBBCaptain · September 17, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL HARPERSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.