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LAWRENCE LANO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – October 29, 1967
Service recordLawrence Lano, of Portland, Maine, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 97
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS LAUERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RALPH WILLIAM PLUMMER IIISpecialist Four · October 29, 1967
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.