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JOHN TIMOTHY LANE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Timothy Lane, of Brewster, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Brewster, Washington (Okanogan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD KRALOWSKISpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · May 4, 1968
- JERRY LENNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STERLING CLARK BANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 30
- JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 32
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 34
- JERRY LENNONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 38
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
From Brewster
- MARVIN EARL GALBRAITHLance Corporal · March 27, 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.