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SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1942 – April 29, 1967
Service recordSidney Daniel Lane JR, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 115
- PAUL LEO CYRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH OKEEFECorporal · April 29, 1967
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 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.