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BOBBY RAY LANE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordBobby Ray Lane, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 24
- AMOS DAVID LAWSONLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- LEROY LELAND JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL LONGOCorporal · June 18, 1968
- ANTHONY RAY LOVEPrivate · June 18, 1968
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 1969
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.