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ALBERT LEROY LANE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1950 – July 16, 1970
Service recordAlbert Leroy Lane JR, of Ferndale, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 22
- WILLIAM EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · July 15, 1970
- ERNEST RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · July 16, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES HEINDSELMANStaff Sergeant · July 16, 1970
- DONALD ALAN KRUMREIWarrant Officer 1 · July 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FOY SETTLESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 23
From Ferndale
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · July 24, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
- GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONISPrivate First Class · May 16, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.