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LANE ABERHAM TILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – December 21, 1967
Service recordLane Aberham Tilson, of Brevard, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 41
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Brevard, North Carolina (Transylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 41
- MICHAEL THOMAS HOKEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- FREDERIC PEERS WEBBSeaman · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 35
- FRED DONALD LAMBERTFirst Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 37
From Brevard
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- VERRELL DANIEL STILESCorporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR GARNETT MCCALLPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 1969
- MILTON GOLDSMITHCorporal · March 2, 1970
- FRANK DANIEL TINSLEYPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
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.