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DAVID ALAN LANE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1945 – January 27, 1966
Service recordDavid Alan Lane, of Jay, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 98
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Jay, Maine (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 98
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- ALENN MERRITT TATEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 100
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 100
- KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 101
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 101
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.