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VICTOR REID LANDES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1944 – February 8, 1969
Service recordVictor Reid Landes, of Cowley, Wyoming, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 87
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Cowley, Wyoming (Big Horn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 87
- ROBERT OLAN MAYHEWStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- JAMES BRUCE MCKNIGHTCorporal · February 8, 1969
- STEVEN HAROLD NIPPCorporal · February 8, 1969
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
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.