Sgt James Perry Lanier

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Sgt James Perry Lanier

Birth
Death
31 Jan 1968 (aged 23)
Vietnam
Burial
Brownsburg, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.8515816, Longitude: -86.3931732
Memorial ID
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JAMES PERRY LANIER

SP4 - E4 - Army - Regular
101st Airborne Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Dec 2, 1967
Casualty was on Jan 31, 1968
In BIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Panel 36E - Line 20

A friend described James as follows:

"He was a leader, a true hero and a great friend."
Information from thewall-usa.com:

JAMES PERRY LANIER

SP4 - E4 - Army - Regular
101st Airborne Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Dec 2, 1967
Casualty was on Jan 31, 1968
In BIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Panel 36E - Line 20

A friend described James as follows:

"He was a leader, a true hero and a great friend."

Inscription

Military plaque: Indiana
SP4 Co A 506 Infantry 101 ABN Div
Vietnam PH
Nov 8, 1944   Feb 4, 1968
Inscription on cross gravestone:
KILLED IN ACTION VIETNAM JAN 31, 1968.

Gravesite Details

Footstone reads he died on February 4, 1968. The Department of the Army has it recorded as the date on the cross gravestone, January 31, 1968.