AIR COMMANDO 2 York, Lanny Allen

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

York​

• FORENAME

Lanny Allen​

• UNIT

544 Reconnaissance Squadron (56 Special Operations Wing)​

• RANK

First Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

485548765​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1972​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Memorial Park Cemetery,Muscatine,Muscatine County,Iowa​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Muscatine,Iowa​

born 2.6.1948 Muscatine,Iowa​

son of Clair Edward and Mary Ellen (nee Brown) York,Muscatine,Iowa ​

father (1925-2013) served in 41st Infantry,US Army in WW2​

husband of Connie (nee Peterson) York,Muscatine,Iowa (married 30.5.1970)​

graduated Muscatine High School​

26 months service​

award Air Medal​

pilot​

QU-22B​

crashed 25.8.1972 due engine failure Thailand ​

died from burns US Army Medical Center,Okinawa,Japan​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01W Line 79​

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