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MICHAEL D LANE
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 4, 1950 – May 13, 1975
Service recordMichael D Lane, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 13, 1975, in Thailand, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 127
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1975
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Aircraft
- CH-53
- Incident
- Uss Mayaguez Capture
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1975. In May 1975, 42 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thailand while the Mayaguez incident was under way. After Khmer Rouge forces seized the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975, Marines assaulted Koh Tang island; their names are the last on the Wall.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 127
- FALEAGAFULA ILAOAStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1975
- JAMES G KAYSCaptain · May 13, 1975
- DENNIS W LONDONSergeant · May 13, 1975
- ROBERT P MATHIASSergeant · May 13, 1975
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.