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FAMOUS LEE LANE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1932 – April 20, 1966
Service recordFamous Lee Lane, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 124
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 124
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 1966
- LAWRENCE VINCENT PETERSStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE PLUMLEYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- RONALD VINCENT SILBERSACKCorporal · April 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 125
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RONALD DAVID COBBLance Corporal · April 29, 1968
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
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.