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MICHAEL S LANE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1943 – February 5, 1968
Service recordMichael S Lane, of Lancaster, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Lancaster, South Carolina (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 38
- RICHARD LORRAINE KUNTZSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- TYRONE FRANCIS LAMITIELance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- MARK MITCHELL LANGSTONLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY J BLANKENSHIPCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 31
- RAUL CANDELARIAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- JOSEPH EDWARD HEIMANSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 36
- LEE RAY KINGSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 37
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 40
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 45
From Lancaster
- DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEYStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
- PATRICK DONOVAN LUCASSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- ERNEST ELIJAH POLSTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN PAUL CULPSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN WALTERSSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 1970
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · July 15, 1971
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.