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THOMAS LANE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1948 – September 5, 1968
Service recordThomas Lane, of Lincolnton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, Georgia (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 43
- ALLEN WAYNE OREMPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · September 5, 1968
- HERMAN PARKER JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JERALD PAUL PERETIATKOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
From Lincolnton
- ROBERT ACQUINN THOMPSONCaptain · August 9, 1967
- LEONARD STANLEY SCOTT JRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
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.