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MITCHELL SIM LANE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 4, 1940 – January 4, 1969
Service recordMitchell Sim Lane, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 4, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 35
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 TFS 31 TFW
- Born
- October 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 4, 1969
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 TFS 31 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 35
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- ROSS WHITTIER LIVERMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT MACYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- ALVIN EDWARD MILLERCorporal · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE NEELDColonel · Panel 35W, Line 36
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.