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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Lane Wayne Wiseman.

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LANE WAYNE WISEMAN

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 21, 1949 – March 14, 1970

Service record

Lane Wayne Wiseman, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 129

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
December 21, 1949
Home of record
Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 14, 1970
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 129

Same unit, same day

From Roseburg

All 15 names from Roseburg →

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.