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THOMAS ALLEN LANE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 2, 1944 – May 26, 1967
Service recordThomas Allen Lane, of Fraser, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 119
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Fraser, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 119
- JOSEPH DALLAS LEGRAND JRSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- LOWELL RAY LLOYDLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS MILLAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
From Fraser
- BENJAMIN LEE HOOPENGARNER JRSpecialist Four · December 7, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL ACKERMANSeaman · March 20, 1970
- LARRY RUSSELL BUSICKPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
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.