Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 11-Mar-1947
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Marital status: Married to Michela L. Johnson
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 9-May-1968
Incident date: 11-Nov-1968
Date of casualty: 11-Nov-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Vehicle Crash (MC). Vehicle loss or crash.
Lane Carston Johnson died from wounds received while driver of military vehicle returning from combat operation when gun on a tank accidentally discharged striking his vehicle.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Lane Carston Johnson
PFC Lanny Joseph Norman
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam, YS 454 869*
Place of interment: Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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