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JAMES JOSEPH LANE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1949 – June 18, 1969
Service recordJames Joseph Lane JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 78
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 78
- MICHAEL LEONARD HODGEStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1969
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- PAUL THOMAS HURT IIISpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
- CLAUDE CHARLES KASIAHPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 74
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 77
- MICHAEL WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 82
- DIETER ERIC WILLERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 83
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.