Kenneth Wayne Lanter –b.1947 – Died in War, Kenneth Wayne enlisted in the US Army on June 21, 1965, at the age of 17. He was in the 9th Cavalry, Company A. He died a hero while serving in Vietnam on Feb 19, 1966. He received the Military Merit Medal, Gallantry Cross with Palm, The Purple Heart for bravery, the Air Medal with "V" for valor, and several others.
LANTER VETERANS - The dates beside the names are birthdates.
Thomas Lanter – b.1758 – Thomas and his brother Jacob both served in the Confederate and Revolutionary War. Thomas moved to Montgomery County, Kentucky, then to Madison County, Kentucky, where he was living in 1833 and applied for a Revolutionary War Pension. In his application, he state that he volunteered as a minuteman about the 1st of October 1775. He served under Captain Lawrence Tolliver and Colonel Stevens. His revolutionary War Pension Number is: S31199
Jacob Lanter – b.1762 –Jacob was a Revolutionary War Veteran in the Militia of the State of Virginia as a private. He served in 1778 for three months under Captain May Burton and Colonel Thomas Matthews. Then he served again in 1781 for three months in the place of his brother in law, Henry Clayton, who was drafted under Captain George Waughs and Colonel Ennis, under General Lawson, of the State of Virginia. On this tour of duty, he marched to Gloucester, Virginia, most of the time guarding prisoners at Fredericks burg, Virginia. Jacob was ages 15 to 18 during this time in the service, serving three months at a time.
Nicholas Milner –b.1762- (Larkin Lanters father in law) Nicholas was a Revolutionary War Veteran, serving in the capacity of a private, in the Militia of the State of Pennsylvania. He enlisted in Washington County, Pennsylvania in the year 1778 serving under Captain Jesse Pigman guarding the Frontier between the years 1778 - 1781. Nicholas applied for a pension on Mar 11, 1833.
Peter Lanter –b.1766 – (Jacob’s Brother), Peter served under Captain Spencer and Colonel Scott in the Revolutionary War. (Five years on the Virginia Continental Line, 5th & 7th Continental Line Regiments).
Thomas Lanter – b.1777 – (son of Thomas, Jacob’s brother), He was a soldier in the War of 1812, under Colonel Dick Johnson.
Wyatt Lanter - b.1788 - (Jacobs son) was killed in the War of 1812. Wyatt was one of the "participants" in Dudley's Defeat during the relief of the seige of Ft Maumee (near present day Toledo). The story is that Gen Wm Harrison (later president) ordered Dudley and his KY militia to seize a battery of British cannons, a task they accomplished but after spiking the guns the "victorious" militia ran headlong after the retreating British and ran into a British/Indian ambush in which most were killed or captured. Apparently Wyatt was one of the former.
Larkin Lanter – b.1796 - (Jacobs son) Larkin was in the War of 1812, serving in the 22nd Regiment of the Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry. Larkin's mounted militia unit raided through Canada and got as far as York (now Toronto) before retreating. He received two different Land Warrants from the Government for his military services. One grant was 40 acres, the other was 120 acres. The land is four miles west of Colemansville, Kentucky.
John L Lanter, - b.1800 - John Lanter (son of Jacob) was granted 120 acres of land by President James Buchanan, August 10, 1860 for his service in the War of 1812.
Isaac Newton Lanter – b.1822 – (son of Larkin) Issac was a Civil War Veteran serving on the side of the Union in the 7th Volunteer Kentucky Calvary, Company D. He stood 5'11", blue eyes, red hair.
Davis Lanter,- b.1824 –(son of Thomas Lanter, 1777) In 1844 Davis Lanter became a teamster in the Quartermaster Department at Fort Leavenworth. He volunteered in the Mexican War and served under General Doniphan as a teamster until the close of the War in 1851. He was discharged in California, and returned by Way of the Isthmus. From 1859 He was a wagon master until 1861. He then raised a Company for the Confederate Army, known as Company C, First Missouri Calvary, Colonel Gates, Commanding. He led his Company at Pea Ridge, Corinnth, and Post Gibson, opposed General Sherman on his march to the Sea. On April 9, 1865, he was taken prisoner, but was exchanged in May.
Francis M Lanter – b.1826 - Francis enlisted on Sep 1862, in Blount County, Tennessee as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, 1st Walker's Battalion, Thomas Legion, North Carolina Troops. This Regiment became Company I, 1st Carter's Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry about Nov 1862. Francis resigned his commission Mar 2, 1865.
James L Lanter - b.1831 - Confederate Infantry, 37th Regiment, Virginia Infantry.
James W Lanter - Union Infantry, 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Mounted Infantry.
Sidney Lanter - b.1834 - Confederate Calvalry, 1st Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
John Thompson Lanter – b.1835 - In 1863 he was commissioned Assistant Provost-Marshal with the rank of Lieutenant, and assigned to duty on the Kansas border. He remained there about eighteen months.
Henson Lanter – b.1840 –(son of Larkin) Civil War, Union Calvary, 7th Volunteer Kentucky Cavalry, Company D
Lyton Lanter - Confederate, 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry.
Newton Lanter - Confederate, 7th Regiment, & Company B,11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry. Enlisted at Richmond, Kentucky, Sept 10, 1862, Captured at Cheshire, Ohio, July 19, 1863, Transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio, July 28, 1863, Transferred to Camp Douglas, Minois, Aug 22, 1863; Released Feb 8, 1865; Hair dark, eye blue, height 5'9"; Residence: Madison County, Kentucky.
Ovid V Lanter - Union Cavalry, 2nd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry,
David Melvin Lanter - b.1844 - 10th Regiment, Tennesse Calvary, 45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry.
Austin Andrew Lanter – b.1845 - Served in Company E, 1st Battalion, Virginia Infantry,(Irish Battalion), under General Lee, 1865. Upon Lee's surrender, Austin and his confederate soldier friends were given paroles, and then without guns and horses, were forced to walk home from the war. Austin says it took him over 6 months to get home. In 1906, Austin received a Disability War Pension.
Robert Hayes Lanter – b.1876 - Spanish American War Veteran
John Lanter - b.1880 - Spanish American War, Co. K, 2nd Rgt, Co C, 38th Infantry.
Floyd A Lanter - b.1890 - Veteran WW I
Clinton Alvin Lanter - b.1894 - WW I Trench War
Marion Frank Lanter - b. 7-17-1895, US Army, 339th Infantry, Polar Bear Division, WWI, killed in action Archangel, Russia, April 26, 1919.
Leslie Frank Barbour – b.1896 –(Married to Stella Mae Lanter) 1918 – 1919, World War 1, France
Harvey Fagin Lanter -b.1896 - US Army Pvt, 1918-1919
John S Lanter - b.1898 - SGT, US Army, 1917-1919 John S. Lanter was serving as a sergeant in "Hortons Company B, when wounded in WW1, during the Argonne Forest Battle of 1918. Following the war, he returned to Horton and in the early 1920's on reorganization of th 35th Division, was appointed a Captain and first commanding Officer of Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery. He had been a patient at the Veterans Hospital, Hot Springs, S. Dakota, for 30 years as the result of wounds and efects of mustard gas sustained in WW1.
Fred Merrill Lanter – b.1900 - Listed in Who's Who in American History, WWI "Doughboy" Army Signal Corps at Somme, Aisne - Marne, Meuse Argonne, St Mihiel Aviation Sector, 1918 – 1919, Signal Corps, Europe, US Army Flying School, 1927, San Antonio, Tx., Director CAA, Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma 1948 - 1960
Edna Ruth Lanter - b.1905 - US Army, WW II, Nurse
Lee Bryan Lanter - b.1908 - US Army, Sgt., Special Services, WW II
William Lyle Lanter Sr. - b.1908 - RDM2, USNRF, US Navy, 1943-1945
Howard Dawson Lanter - b.1910 - US Army, WW II
William Alex (Archie) Lanter - b.1910 - US Army, WW II, North African Campaign.
Carson Radford Lanter - b.1914 - WW II, German POW camp.
Lorenzo J Lanter - b.1914 - US Army Air Corp, South Pacific, WW II
Otis Paul Lanter - b.1914 - US Army, WW II
Raymond Preston Lanter - b.1914 - US Marines, WW II
Robert Jackson Lanter - b.1914 - CAPT, US Navy, 1942-1946, earned a Master's Degree in Physics at University of New Mexico in 1957, died oct 30, 1986.
Harlin Debolt Lanter -b.1918 - In 1941, He enlisted in the Naval Air Force, Jacksonville, Florida, and then to Flight School, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Clay Chelsea Lanter - .b1919- MSGT, US Air Force, 1937-1960
Dale Eldon Lanter - b.1919 - WW II AF, Naval Safety Rescue Unit.
Robert Morgan Lanter - b.1920 - Corporal, US Army Air Forces 1941 - 1945, Pearl Harbor, 64th Battalion, Schofield Barracks. Guadacanal, two Bronze Stars, and Good Conduct.
Donald Albert Lanter - b.1921 - US Coast Guard, AP Admiral Caps.
Edward Louis Lanter – b.1921- Edward Louis Lanter served in World War 11 in the United States Army. He was inducted, August 27, 1942 at the age of 21. He was in the 550th Battalion Headquarters Division. The 17th merged with the 82nd, which later became the 194th Glider Infantry. He was sent to Africa, April 21, 1944, and May 10, 1944. He was in Africa, Sicily, Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, England, and Italy. He single handedly captured 16 German, took them as prisoners, and never took recognition by turning in his name for the capture. While in France, on August 14, 1944, he was one of five men in a glider that crashed. He was the only survivor. He was discharged on Sept 22, 1945.
James C. Lanter - b.1923 - WW II, Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Forces, Air Medal, Purple Heart, died 21 July, 1944, Cambridge, England.
James F. Lanter - WW2 France
Kenneth Elwood Lanter -b.1923 - US Army, WW II
Kenley McKendree Lanter - WW II, One of 317 sailors that survived the shark invested waters of the Philippine Sea.
James A Lanter - b.1924 - US Navy, WW II, Served on USS Hughes
Joseph Hiley Lanter - b.1925 - Joined the Navy at 17, was a Navy Seal, served in WW II, and the Korean Wars, retired after 27 years in 1971.
Murray C Lanter - b.1925 - 83rd Infantry, WW II, and Korean War
Robert E. Lanter - b.1925 - Navy Veteran, WW II, Served as a sonarman aboard PC479 from 1943 to 1946.
Voyit James Lanter - b.1925 - USMC, 5th Marine Division, Iwo Jima.
Raymond Charles Lanter - b.1927 - Army Air Corps 1946 - 1947. Radio Operator HQ Alaskan Air Communication Squadron.
Clinton Edwin Lanter – b.1928 - WW II Veteran, US Navy
Paul Wilbur Lanter - b.1929 - Korean Conflict
William Gibson Adams - b.1929 - Son of Lucille Lanter. From 1947 - 1951, He served as a Sgt in the First Shore Party Battalion, First Marine Division, 1950 - 1951 Korean Service. Retired professor emeritus of geography from Eastern Kentucky University. Bill has contributed much research to the Lanter Family Genealogy.
Bobby Lanter – b.1930 - Killed in an Air Force Plane crash in Panama, 1967.
William Lyle Lanter III - b.1931 - Corporal U.S. Army, 1950-1953
Dwight L Lanter - b. 1934 SFC Korean War Conflict
Duane Lanter - b. 1934 Korean War Conflict
Vernon Robert Lanter – b.1932 - U.S. Airforce during the Korean Conflict
Kenneth Edward Lanter - b.1934 - US Army, Korea
Carroll Lindsay Lanter - b.1935 - SMSGT, US Air Force, 1954-1982
Carroll Dean Lanter - b.1936 - US Air Force, Korea
Jerry Lee Lanter - b.1936 - US Army, SP4, 1959-1961
Billy Joe Lanter - b.1941 - U.S. Navy, 1960 - 1964
Larry Louis Lanter – b.1942 - U.S. Army, Military Policeman
Larry Lee Lanter - b.1943 - U.S. Army, 1960 - 1963
Michael Edward Lanter – b.1943 - U.S. Marine Corp Reserves
William John Lanter – b.1943 - U.S. Army, Thailand, Germany. 1961 - 1964
Ronald Lee Lanter - b.1943 - U.S. Air Force 1961 - 1965
William Harry Lanter - b.1944 - A1 US Air Force, 1965-1968
Raymond Edward Lanter –b.1944 - Raymond was a helicopter door gunner for Maj Gen Keith L. Ware of the 1st Infantry Division. Raymond, Gen Ware, and 6 other crewmen were all killed in a helicopter crash, 70 miles north of Saigon. 9/13/1968
Floyd G Lanter - b.1946 - U.S. Navy, Vietnam Conflict, two WestPac tours, USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) an antisubmarine aircraft carrier, and Comdesron Eleven on USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16). Also Philippines, and Sandpoint Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA.
James Frederick Lanter -b.1946 - 5th Battalion, 1st Division, USMC, Vietnam Conflict
Kenneth Wayne Lanter –b.1947 – Died in War, Kenneth Wayne enlisted in the US Army on June 21, 1965, at the age of 17. He was in the 9th Cavalry, Company A. He died a hero while serving in Vietnam on Feb 19, 1966. He received the Military Merit Medal, Gallantry Cross with Palm, The Purple Heart for bravery, the Air Medal with "V" for valor, and several others.
Robert Louis Lanter - b.1948 - US Army, Vietnam Conflict
Steven Thomas Lanter –b. 1948- Vietnam Conflict
Roger Paul Lanter – b. 1949 - Died in War, Binh Duong, South Vietnam, 4/25/1969
Gerald Dean Lanter - b. 1950 - US Army - 1969 - 1971
Clinton Dale Lanter - b. 1951 - US Army - 1969 - 1971
Dennis Victor Lanter – b. 1951 – Vietnam Conflict
Roger Dale Lanter - b. 1954 -
Roger Dale Lanter – Chaplain (Major) Georgia Department of Defense. Serve as the Georgia State Defense Force HQ Command Chaplain, and Division Command Chaplain GSDF at the Joint Forces Headquarters Chaplain Office located on Dobbins ARB. GaDOD is the Army National Guard, Air National Guard and State Defense Force working as a joint Forces unit. United States Marine Corps Honorable Discharge.
Sandra Lanter - b. 1959 - Lt Colonel, US Army currently serving in Afghanistan.
Frederick Charles Lanter - b. 1960 - US Air Force, 20 years.
Jeff Lanter - b. 1974 - Sgt, Crew Chief of a Marine CH-46E Sea Knight Assault Helicopter, Marine Corp, Iraq Feb - Sep 2003, Bronze Star, V for Valor, & Combat Air Wings
Jesse Lanter - b. 1982 - Sgt. Jesse Lanter of Ft. Mill, S.C., of India Co., 3rd Batt., 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Iraq, Mar - 2003
Marines face resistance from Iraqi troops near Basra
Sgt. Jesse Lanter of Ft. Mill, S.C., carries Cpl. Barry Lange of Portland, Ore., off the battlefield after Lange injured his leg, as members of India Co., 3rd Batt., 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division engage Iraqi soldiers near Az Bayer, Iraq,
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