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LANE CARSTON JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1947 – November 11, 1968
Service recordLane Carston Johnson, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 49
- JERRY RAY HARDYPrivate · November 11, 1968
- THEODORE HARRISON JRSeaman · November 11, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · November 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN JACKSONSergeant · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LESLIE GLOREPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 48
- LANNY JOSEPH NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 51
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.