The Lanhams of Maryland and the District of Columbia

Military Records

Compiled by Dr. Howard G. Lanham

The following list is compiled mostly from secondary sources. I favor primary sources, but to order copies of the service records from the National Archives on all these people would be an undertaking. I would encourage readers to order ones on their direct ancestors.

Pre-1776 Colonial Period

• JOSIAS LANHAM
  Nominated January 28, 1681 Ensign of Kent County Militia
• STEPHEN LANHAM (as LENHAM) (1726-1806)
  Enrolled 1749 in Captain Samuel Magruder's Co., Prince George's Co. Militia

Revolutionary War 1776-1783

These records are spotty. Some rolls survived and others do not. It may not be possible to know exactly when soldiers entered the service or left. Troops may have been common militia that met for a brief muster and never left Maryland or hard fought Continental Line soldiers that saw many battles.

• AARON LANHAM
  Mustered August, 29 1777, 4^th Company, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• AARON LANHAM
  Mustered July 15, 1780, 1^st Company of Capt. William Baily, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• EDWARD LANHAM
  Mustered May 24, 1779, Captain, Middle Battalion Prince George's Co. Militia
  
• EDWARD LANHAM
  Mustered July 14, 1781, Private, Select Prince George's Co. Militia, Captain Hezekiah Wheeler's Company
  
• ELI LANHAM
  Enlisted July 13, 1776, Private, Captain John H, Lowe's Company, 1^st Maryland Line, Continental Army
  
• HANCE LANHAM
  Mustered August 3, 1777, 8^th Company, Middle Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• HAUZY LANHAM
  Mustered July 15, 1780, 5^th Company of Capt. Saml Swearington, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• HENRY LANHAM (1761-1849)
  Born May 28, 1761 Prince George's Co., Maryland
  Enlisted 1776 Private, Capt. Patrick Sim's Company, 2^nd Maryland Line, Continental Army
  Died November 20, 1849 Switzerland Co., Indiana
  
• HEZEKIAH LANHAM
  Mustered April, 1781, Private, 11^th Prince George's Co. Militia, Captain Hezekiah Wheeler's Company
  
• HILLERY LANHAM
  Mustered July 15, 1780, 6^th Company of Capt. Aaron Harriss, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• HILLIARY LANHAM
  Enlisted September 13, 1781, Private, Maryland Line, Continental Army
  Mustered September 13, 1782 Capt. J. Marbert's Co., 3^rd Regiment, Maryland Line
  
• JOHN LANHAM (-1801)
  Enlisted December 10, 1776, Private, 1^st Maryland Line, Continental Army
  Promoted Sergeant
  Discharged December 27, 1779 for disability
  
• JOHN D. LANHAM
  Enlisted February 6, 1776, Private, Capt. Patrick Sim's Company, 2^nd Maryland Line, Continental Army
  
• KINSEY LANHAM
  Enlisted August 1, 1780, Corporal, Capt. John Mitchell's Co., 4^th Battalion, Maryland Line, Continental Army
  Died December 20, 1782
  
• LEWIS LANHAM
  Mustered August, 29 1777, 7^th Company, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• NATHAN LANHAM
  Mustered July 15, 1780, 6^th Company of Capt. Aaron Harriss, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• NEHIMIAH LANHAM (also as NEHIMH.)
  Enlisted Rawlings Regiment, Continental Army
  Mustered July 13, 1781 Pittsburg, PA forces in U.S. Service
  Mustered October 13, 1781 5^th Maryland Regiment
  
• RICHARD LANHAM
  Mustered August 3, 1777, 6^th Company, Middle Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• RICHARD LANHAM
  Enlisted June 5, 1778 Private, 1^st Maryland Line, Continental Army
  Promoted Sergeant
  Discharged April 5, 1779
  
• RICHARD LANHAM
  Mustered July 15, 1780, 5^th Company of Capt. Saml Swearington, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• ROBERT LANHAM
  Mustered June 12, 1781, Private, Upper Battalion, Select Prince George's Co. Militia
  
• STEPHEN LANHAM
  Mustered August, 29 1777, 7^th Company, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• STEPHEN LANHAM
  Mustered July 15, 1780, 4^th Company, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• THOMAS LANHAM (1757-1840)
  Enlisted 1776, Private, Capt. Rezin Beall's Company, Maryland Line, Continental Army
  Discharged because of illness
  
• WILLIAM LANHAM
  Enlisted July 13, 1776, Private, Capt. Leonard Deakins' Company, Frederick County Militia
  
• WILLIAM LANHAM
  Mustered August 3, 1777, 2^nd Company, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  
• WILLIAM LANHAM
  Mustered July 15, 1780, 5^th Company of Capt. Saml Swearington, Lower Battalion, Montgomery Co., Militia
  

Post Revolutionary Period 1783-1811

• GEORGE LANHAM
  Commissioned June 18, 1794, Ensign, Maryland Militia
  
• LEWIS LANHAM (1757-1822)
  Born July 14, 1757 (recorded on original roll.)
  Mustered March 30, 1799 Capt. Jacob Duckett's Company 34th Regiment, Prince George's County, Maryland Militia
  This unit was raised during the undeclared war with France.
  
• RICHARD LANHAM
  Commissioned October 13, 1796, (Rank not transcribed), Maryland Militia
  

War of 1812 1812-1815

During the War of 1812 the British had naval supremacy on the Atlantic coast and were able to transport their troops by water. With the end of the Napoleonic Wars they moved an army of veteran soldiers to the Chesapeake and landed at Benedict, Maryland on the Patuxent River on August 19, 1814. There were few regular U.S. Army soldiers in the area and the British advanced toward Washington, D.C. with little opposition. On August 24, 1814 the Maryland and D.C. militia, including many of the men below, made a stand at Bladensburg. It was not our finest hour and the militia broke and ran. The battle would be remembered as the "Bladensburg Races." Reading the material below it is not surprising. Men were called up for a short time and discharged to be called up again with a different set of officers. Militia was never a highly disciplined force and these men lacked any unit cohesion. Militia served best when well led, stiffened with a core of regulars and entrenched. Some local militia units were posted all over the county and not concentrated with the main army, missing the battle. To date I have not seen a good order of battle for the American force to know which of the men below would have been on the field. It is certain that many of the men lived in the path of the British invasion route and at least one Lanham plantation had a horse taken by the British Army.

• ACE LANHAM [Note: This is likely a nickname for Aquilla Lanham.]
  Mustered July 18, 1813 Capt. Gavin Hamilton's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia stationed at Accokeek Church
  Discharged July 28, 1813
  Mustered August 18, 1813 Capt. Dyer's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged September 17, 1813 (There were a large number of desertions from this unit.)
  Mustered July 18, 1814, Private, Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged August 2, 1814
  Mustered August 19, 1814 Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., Prince George's Co., 17^th Regiment, Militia
  Discharged August 31, 1814
  Mustered September 1, 1814, Private, Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged September 13, 1814
  
• BENJAMIN LANHAM
  Mustered April 17, 1813, Capt. David Crawford's Co., Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged May 15, 1813
  Mustered August 5, 1813, Capt. Trueman Duvall's Co., 34^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia Stationed at Annapolis
  Discharged September 2, 1813
  Mustered June 18, 1814, Private, Capt. Joseph Isaac's Co., First Battalion, 34^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged June 24, 1814
  Mustered July 19, 1814, Private, Capt. Joseph Isaac's Co., Prince George's Co., 34^th Regiment, Militia at Milltown
  Discharged July 30, 1814
  Mustered August 21, 1814, Capt. Richard L. Hall's Co., 34th Regiment, 34^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged September 13, 1814
  
• ELI LANHAM
  Mustered Major King's Detachment, District of Columbia, Militia
  
• ELISHA LANHAM
  Mustered, Major King's Detachment, District of Columbia, Militia
  
• ELISHA LANHAM
  Mustered, 1 Regiment, District of Columbia, Militia
  
• GEORGE H. LANHAM
  Mustered June 15, 1814, Private, 17^th Regiment, Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged June 24, 1814
  Mustered July 18, 1814, Third Sergeant, 17^th Regiment, Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged August 2, 1814
  Mustered August 19, 1814, 17^th Regiment, Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged August 31, 1814
  Mustered September 1, 1814, Private, Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged September 13, 1814
  
• HENLEY LANHAM (also as HENLY LANHAM)
  Mustered July 18, 1814, Private, Capt. Samuel Coe, Junior's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged August 2, 1814
  Mustered August 19, 1814, Capt. Samuel Coe, Junior's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged September 13, 1814
  
• HORATIO LANHAM
  Mustered June 15, 1814, Private, 17^th Regiment, Capt. Horatio C. McElderry's Co., Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged June 24, 1814
  Mustered July 18, 1814, Private, Capt. Samuel Coe, Junior's Co., 17^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged August 2, 1814
  
• JOHN LANHAM
  Mustered June 18, 1814, Private, Capt. James Veitch's Co., 34^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged June 24, 1814
  
• JOHN LANHAM
  Mustered, 1^st Regiment, District of Columbia, Militia
  
• WILLIAM LANHAM
  Mustered July 21, 1813, Captain, 34^th Regiment, Prince George's Co., Militia
  Discharged September 2, 1813
  
• ZADOCK LANHAM
  Mustered, 32^nd Regiment, Montgomery Co., Militia
  Discharged September 2, 1813
  

Pre-Mexican War 1816-1846

Mexican War 1846-1848

• JONATHAN LANHAM
  Enlisted Private Captain Degee's Company Maryland Volunteers

Pre-Civil War 1848-1860

Civil War 1861-1865

Union patriotic covers revel the strong emotions created by the war, which still to a small degree resonant even today. Maryland's border state status and the divided loyalties often did pit brother against brother and Lanhams served on both sides.

Civil War 1861-1865 Union Army

Maryland was a slave holding border state. There was a body of opinion that would have had the state join the Confederacy, but prompt action by Union forces suppressed the succession movement in Maryland. The number of Marylanders serving with either the Union or Confederate Army is low relative to the military age population and it would appear that many sat out the war.

• JAMES THOMAS LANHAM (1839-1909)
  Born December 21, 1839 In Prince George's County, Maryland to Hanson Lanham and Eliza Piles
  Enlisted September 2, 1861 Corporal 1^st District of Columbia Infantry, Company C
  Transfered May or June 1863 to Company F
  Transfered March 1, 1865 to 2^nd District of Columbia Infantry Company F
  Discharged September 12, 1865
  Died July 20, 1909 in Washington, D.C.
  
• JOHN LANHAM (1842-1924)
  Born August 15, 1842 in Washington, D.C.
  Enrolled April 1861 Private 6^rd District of Columbia Militia Battalion, Company F
  Discharged July 22, 1861
  Enlisted September 13, 1861 Private 3^rd Maryland Infantry, Company D
  Captured September 16, 1862 Harpers Ferry, Virginia Paroled and Exchanged
  Detailed July 11, 1864 to Ambulance Corps
  Discharged July 31, 1865
  Died June 6, 1924 in Washington, D.C.
  
• ROBERT LANHAM (c 1839-1891)
  Enrolled April 1861 Private 6^rd District of Columbia Militia, Company F
  Discharged July 1861
  Enlisted Private 2^nd District of Columbia Infantry, Company G and F
  Died January 7, 1891 in Washington, D.C.
  
• WILLIAM LANHAM (c 1845-1864)
  Enlisted Private 3^rd Maryland Infantry, Company D, November 21, 1861
  Captured Unknown date
  Died December 18, 1864 while POW at Danville, Virginia
  

Civil War 1861-1865 Confederate Army

Benjamin Lewis Lanham (1844-1863)

• BENJAMIN LEWIS LANHAM (1844-1863)
  Born August 5, 1844 in Prince George's County, Maryland, son of Trueman Lanham
  Enlisted 1^st Maryland Infantry Battalion, Company C, CSA
  Killed in Action July 2, 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Grave Unknown) [Note: There is confusion about the designation of this unit. It was upgraded to a regiment and renamed the 2^nd Maryland Infantry Regiment in 1864. However, at the time of Benjamin's death it was still designated 1^st Maryland Battalion. The Marylanders were under fire on both the 2nd and the 3rd of July and there is also some confusion which date he died. I believe the 2nd to be the more likely in that the Lanham family bible records this date.

Post-Civil War (Indian Wars) 1866-1898

Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902

Hilt Detail Charles Lewis Lanham's M-1860 Officer's Sword

Charles Lewis Lanham (1874-1923) In the Uniform of a First Sergeant 1st D.C. National Guard

• CHARLES LEWIS LANHAM (1874-1923)
  Born June 16, 1874 Lanham, Prince George's Co., Maryland, son of Truman Lanham, Jr.
  Commissioned May 17, 1898, Second Lieutenant, 1st District of Columbia Infantry
  Mustered out November 20, 1898
  Commissioned August 17, 1899, Second Lieutenant, 47^th Volunteer Infantry Regiment
  Promoted to First Lieutenant
  Mustered Out July 2, 1901
  Commissioned July 1, 1901 Second Lieutenant Artillery
  Promoted to Captain, Coast Artillery Corps
  Promoted July 21, 1917 Major, Coast Artillery Corps
  Promoted August 5, 1917 Lieutenant Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps
  Commanded 1^st Company, Coast Artillery, Fort Howard, Maryland
  Transferred April 25, 1918, General Staff
  Transferred December 12, 1919 Finance Corps
  Died February 21, 1923 Philippine Islands
  

Pre-World War One 1903-1917

World War One 1917-1919

• CHARLES LEWIS LANHAM (1874-1923)
  See above
  
• CHARLES THOMAS LANHAM (1892-1958)
  Born November 25, 1892 in Berryville, Clarke Co., Virginia
  (Note: He appears in the book Maryland in the World War 1917-1919 as living in Frederick, Maryland, but in 1942 he was in Luray, Virginia and may not have any association with Maryland Lanhams.)
  Enlisted June 20, 1917 Regular Army, Farrier, Troop A, 13^th Cavalry Regiment
  Transferred Troop A, 20^th Cavalry Regiment
  Promoted August 6, 1918 Corporal
  Promoted August 27, 1919 Sergeant
  Died July 14, 1958
  
• THOMAS RAYMOND LANHAM (1896-1918)
  Born December 26, 1896, Son of Stephen Clarence Lanham in Mitchellville, Prince George's Co., Maryland
  Enlisted June 20, 1917 U.S. Marine Corps, Private, Company A, Machine Gun Battalion, 5^th Brigade
  Died October 4, 1918 Quantico, Virginia of Pneumonia complicating Influenza

Post-World War One 1919-1939

• CHARLES LEWIS LANHAM (1874-1923)
  See above
  
• CHARLES TRUEMAN LANHAM [BUCK] (1902-1978)
  See listing under Mobilization of 1940 and World War Two 1941-1945
  
• GEORGE LENARD LANHAM
  Born August 13, 1901, District of Columbia, son of William G. Lanham, Sr. and Alice V. Smith.
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, prior to 1930 (see W.W. II Service)
  
• HOWARD CARL LANHAM (1903-1932)
  Born 18 September 18, 1903, Sparrow's Point, Baltimore Co., Maryland, son of John Thomas Lanham and Anna Elizabeth Dowell.
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, about 1920

Mobilization of 1940 and World War Two 1941-1945

I am including men in service in 1940 rather than begin the World War Two list with December 7, 1941. There was a prewar "National Emergency" mobilization in August 1940 and most all of these men found themselves soldiers after 1941. I wish to avoid listing these individuals twice as prewar and also World War Two.

• ARTHUR D. LANHAM
  Enlisted U.S. Army, Highest Wartime Grade: Private First Class
  
• ARTHUR GLENN LANHAM (1926-1995)
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Seaman First Class
  
• AUBREY LEROY LANHAM (1915-1995)
  Born May 14, 1915 Landover, Prince George's Co., Maryland, Son of Roy Eugene Lanham.
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, July 6, 1943, Served in Pacfic, Highest Wartime Grade: Machinist Mate First Class
  
• BERNARD HENRY LANHAM, JUNIOR
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Seaman First Class
  
• BROOKE JOSEPH LANHAM (1919-1992)
  Born January 14, 1919, son of Brooke Edward Lanham
  Enlisted July 19, 1943 U.S. Army, Sergeant
  
  
  
  Colonel Charles T. (Buck) Lanham and Ernest Hemingway 1944
  Buck Lanham wears the patch of the 4th Division.
  
  

  The West Point Cap Badge of Charles T. Lanham	12th Infantry Collar Insignia of Charles T. Lanham

• CHARLES TRUEMAN LANHAM [BUCK] (1902-1978)
  Born September 14, 1902 Washington, D.C., son of Ira Clifford Lanham
  Graduated June 12, 1924, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
  Commissioned Second Lieutenant 12^th Infantry Regiment
  Promoted March 6, 1929 First Lieutenant
  Entered Infantry School September 1931 Remained as Instructor
  Entered Command and General Staff School
  Assigned Company Commander 17^th Infantry Regiment
  Assigned February 1935 National Guard Bureau
  Promoted August 1, 1935 Captain
  Appointed 1935 Assistant Chief Supply Division and Associate Editor Infantry Journal
  Entered September 1938 Command and General Staff School
  Assigned Company Commander 8^th Infantry Regiment
  Assigned January 1941 Training Division, Office Chief of Infantry
  Promoted January 31, 1941 Major
  Promoted December 24, 1941 Lieutenant Colonel
  Appointed March 1942 Chief Visual Aids Branch, Army Ground Forces
  Assigned March 1943 Regimental Commander 272^nd Infantry Regiment, 69^th Infantry Division
  Promoted January 6, 1943 Colonel
  
  

  Examples of Insignia of the 4th Division and 22nd Infantry Regiment (Not original to Colonel Lanham)

  
  
  
  Assigned July 1944 Regimental Commander 22^nd Infantry Regiment, 4^th Infantry Division
  [Note: As commander of the 22nd he became friends with Ernest Hemingway, who attached himself to the regiment as a war correspondent.]
  Assigned March 1945 Assistant Division Commander 104^th Infantry Division
  Promoted May 2, 1945 Brigadier General
  Assigned November 1945 Chief Troop Information and Education Division, War Dept. General Staff
  Assigned 1948-1951 various other staff and training duties
  Assigned January 1953 Divisional Commander First Infantry Division, Germany
  Promoted March 16, 1953 Major General
  Assigned Deputy Commandant Armed Forces Staff College
  Retired December 31, 1954
  Died July 20, 1978 Chevy Chase, Montgomery Co., Maryland
  Wikipedia Article on Charles T. Lanham
  
  
• CHARLES WARREN LANHAM, JUNIOR
  Commissioned U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Lieutenant Junior Grade
  
• CLEVELAND EUGENE LANHAM
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Apprentice Seaman
  
• CLYDE F. LANHAM
  Enlisted U.S. Army, Highest Wartime Grade: Corporal
  
• EARL LANHAM
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Apprentice Seaman
  
• EDWARD J. LANHAM
  Born 1908, District of Columbia, son of George E. Lanham
  Enlisted January 27, 1941 U.S. Army, Highest Wartime Grade: Technician 4th Grade
  
• EDWIN C. LANHAM (1927-2007)
  Born 1927, Distirct of Columbia
  Enlisted April 25, 1945 U.S. Army
  
• FRANCIS P. LANHAM (1922-1995)
  Born February 28, 1922 Maryland, son of Brooke E. Lanham
  Enlisted U.S. Army February 17, 1943, Highest Wartime Grade: Private First Class
  Died June 30, 1995
  
• FRANK E. LANHAM
  Enlisted U.S. Army, Highest Wartime Grade: Private First Class
  
• FREDERICK HENRY LANHAM (1919-1983}
  Born February 9, 1919, son of Frederick Henry Lanham
  Enlisted U.S. Army, October 14, 1941 Private First Class
  
• GEORGE LENARD LANHAM (1901-1971)
  Born August 13, 1901, District of Columbia, son of William G. Lanham, Sr. and Alice V. Smith.
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Aviation Machinist Mate First Class
  

  John T. Lanham (1918-1980)	Dog Tag of John T. Lanham

• JOHN THEODORE LANHAM, JUNIOR (1918-1980)
  Born November 10, 1918, Baltimore, Maryland, son of John Theodore Lanham.
  Enlisted U.S. Army March 28, 1941, Highest Wartime Grade: Technician 5th Grade with service in Italy
  
• JOSEPH W. LANHAM (1925-1995)
  Born June 14, 1925
  Enlisted U.S. Army December 4, 1943, Highest Wartime Grade: Technician 5th Grade
  Died March 2,1995
  
  
  Images of Paul T. Lanham (1919-2006) and his General Staff Badge
  (Courtesy: Doris Lanham)
  
• PAUL TRUEMAN LANHAM (1919-2006)
  Born April 1, 1919 Lanham, Prince George's Co., Maryland, son of Paul Lanham
  Reserve Officers Training Corps at University of Maryland, College Park
  Commissioned April 1, 1940 Second Lieutenant Ordnance
  Assigned Office Chief of Ordnance Washington, D.C.
  Died December 21, 2006 Maryland
• RAY E. LANHAM
  Enlisted U.S. Army, Highest Wartime Grade: Sergeant
• RICHARD NELSON LANHAM (1921-1988)
  Born September 10, 1921 Baltimore, Maryland, Son of Earl Lanham
  Enlisted U.S. Navy c. 1938, Served in China, Highest Wartime Grade: Chief Quartermaster
  Died December 3, 1988
• ROBERT A. LANHAM, JUNIOR
  Born 1914
  Enlisted U.S. Army March 29, 1944, Highest Wartime Grade: Technician 5th Grade
• ROBERT H. LANHAM, JUNIOR
  Born 1918 South Carolina
  Enlisted U.S. Army March 8, 1941
• ROSS MANLEY LANHAM (1918-1982)
  Enlisted May 20, 1944 U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Fireman First Class

  S.S. West Ivis	Roy Willis Lanham (1920-1942) (Courtesy: Charles Hoffert)

• ROY WILLIS LANHAM (1920-1942)
  Born January 5, 1920 Landover, Prince George's Co., Maryland, Son of Roy Eugene Lanham.
  Enlisted U.S. Navy November 1941, Highest Wartime Grade: Seaman Second Class
  Killed in Action January 26, 1942 Member of Navy Armed Guard Gun Crew No. 50E of the S.S. West Ivis torpedoed by U-125 off the US coast 150 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
• STEPHEN CLIFFORD LANHAM, JUNIOR (1921-1992)
  Born January 25, 1921, Mitchelville, Prince George's Co. Maryland, son of Stephen Clifford Lanham
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Fireman Second Class

  Walter Lee Lanham (1924-2001)	Bronze Star Document

• WALTER LEE LANHAM (1924-2001)
  Born January 05, 1924, Baltimore, Maryland, son of John Theodore Lanham
  Enlisted U.S. Marine Corps September 23, 1942, and service with Company A, 28^th Regiment, 5^th Marine Division Pacific: Iwo Jima, Occupation of Japan, Highest Wartime Grade: Private First Class
• WILLIAM B. LANHAM
  Commissioned U.S. Army, Highest Wartime Grade: Major
• WILLIAM GRANT LANHAM, JUNIOR (1909-1978)
  Born March, 17 1909, District of Columbia, son of William G. Lanham, Sr. and Alice V. Smith.
  Enlisted U.S. Army May 13, 1942, Highest Wartime Grade: Staff Sergeant
• ZACKIO T. LANHAM
  Enlisted U.S. Navy, Highest Wartime Grade: Ship's Service Man, Cobbler Second Class

It is difficult to list post-World War Two service because many of these people are living and subject to rules protecting confidentiality of government records. Moreover, no comprehensive list as been published (such as we have for W.W. II). I will list the few that I know.

• VERNON RUSSELL LANHAM (1931-1999)
  Born January 13, 1931, Philadephia, Pennsylvania, son of John Theodore Lanham
  Inducted U.S. Army January 11, 1952 with service in Company D, 27^th Infantry Regiment in Korea, Highest Wartime Grade: Private First Class

Sources

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• Maryland Archives: Index 51 Militia Commissions
• Maryland Archives: Proceedings of the Council of Maryland 1681-1685
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