United States of America
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Corporal John Wayne Lankford served in the U.S. Army. John served with the 101 AIRBORNE DIV. John served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. John was 21 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Gunshot wound
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Thua Thien
Service Record
U.S. Army
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
INDIRECT FIRE INFANTRYMAN
THUA THIEN
1968
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
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John Wayne Lankford
Corporal
U.S. Army
- 1968
17th Cavalry Regiment
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