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SHARON ANN LANE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1943 – June 8, 1969
Service recordSharon Ann Lane, of Canton, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. She died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. Her name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical-Surgical Nurse (3448)
- Born
- July 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; she was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 23W, Line 112
- ROBERT NATHANIEL LATIMERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- MALCOLM FRANCIS LEGERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LORENCECorporal · June 8, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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 her yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.