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WILLIAM LAMARR TANNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1947 – March 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lamarr Tanner, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 49
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 49
- WILLIAM JAMES GRIFFINMajor · March 14, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SPIEGELCaptain · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LEIGH STACYWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- TERRY EDWARD THARPPetty Officer Third Class · March 15, 1969
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.