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ROGER LEROY LANE
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1934 – July 1, 1968
Service recordRoger Leroy Lane, of Fremont, Nebraska, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 31
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1934
- Home of record
- Fremont, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 31
- JOHN AULT LECOMPTELance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH OKUSKY JRSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES C ISLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 30
- ROY LEE WHITTLESEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 54W, Line 34
From Fremont
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEE STEELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- GENE LEANDER TWEHOUSHospitalman · September 17, 1967
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CRAIG ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.