Glen Oliver Lane
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
5th Special Forces Group
Entered the Service From: Odessa, Texas
Date of Birth: July 24, 1931
Date of Death: May 23, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Master Sergeant Lane was a member of Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On May 23, 1968, he was inserted into Laos, west of A Loui, and radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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On May 20, 1968, SFC Glen Lane and SSgt. Robert D. Owens were the only two U.S. members of the 6-man spike team "Idaho" assigned to infiltrate a denied area across the Lao border west of A Loui.
The team was inserted into the area by helicopter, and was heard from only once thereafter by a Forward Air Controller (FAC) about 1024 hours the same day. All further contact with the patrol was lost. The spike team "Oregon" was inserted into the same landing zone, and after finding a trail, searched about 50 meters from the area and noticed signs of a fire fight.
At that time, "Oregon" was attacked by an estimated company-sized enemy force and was extracted after suffering one killed and seven wounded. There was no further ground search for Owen or Lane. The 12 man team believed that the two had been either captured or killed.
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
5th Special Forces Group
Entered the Service From: Odessa, Texas
Date of Birth: July 24, 1931
Date of Death: May 23, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Master Sergeant Lane was a member of Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On May 23, 1968, he was inserted into Laos, west of A Loui, and radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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On May 20, 1968, SFC Glen Lane and SSgt. Robert D. Owens were the only two U.S. members of the 6-man spike team "Idaho" assigned to infiltrate a denied area across the Lao border west of A Loui.
The team was inserted into the area by helicopter, and was heard from only once thereafter by a Forward Air Controller (FAC) about 1024 hours the same day. All further contact with the patrol was lost. The spike team "Oregon" was inserted into the same landing zone, and after finding a trail, searched about 50 meters from the area and noticed signs of a fire fight.
At that time, "Oregon" was attacked by an estimated company-sized enemy force and was extracted after suffering one killed and seven wounded. There was no further ground search for Owen or Lane. The 12 man team believed that the two had been either captured or killed.
Glen Oliver Lane
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
5th Special Forces Group
Entered the Service From: Odessa, Texas
Date of Birth: July 24, 1931
Date of Death: May 23, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Master Sergeant Lane was a member of Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On May 23, 1968, he was inserted into Laos, west of A Loui, and radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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On May 20, 1968, SFC Glen Lane and SSgt. Robert D. Owens were the only two U.S. members of the 6-man spike team "Idaho" assigned to infiltrate a denied area across the Lao border west of A Loui.
The team was inserted into the area by helicopter, and was heard from only once thereafter by a Forward Air Controller (FAC) about 1024 hours the same day. All further contact with the patrol was lost. The spike team "Oregon" was inserted into the same landing zone, and after finding a trail, searched about 50 meters from the area and noticed signs of a fire fight.
At that time, "Oregon" was attacked by an estimated company-sized enemy force and was extracted after suffering one killed and seven wounded. There was no further ground search for Owen or Lane. The 12 man team believed that the two had been either captured or killed.
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
5th Special Forces Group
Entered the Service From: Odessa, Texas
Date of Birth: July 24, 1931
Date of Death: May 23, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Master Sergeant Lane was a member of Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On May 23, 1968, he was inserted into Laos, west of A Loui, and radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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On May 20, 1968, SFC Glen Lane and SSgt. Robert D. Owens were the only two U.S. members of the 6-man spike team "Idaho" assigned to infiltrate a denied area across the Lao border west of A Loui.
The team was inserted into the area by helicopter, and was heard from only once thereafter by a Forward Air Controller (FAC) about 1024 hours the same day. All further contact with the patrol was lost. The spike team "Oregon" was inserted into the same landing zone, and after finding a trail, searched about 50 meters from the area and noticed signs of a fire fight.
At that time, "Oregon" was attacked by an estimated company-sized enemy force and was extracted after suffering one killed and seven wounded. There was no further ground search for Owen or Lane. The 12 man team believed that the two had been either captured or killed.
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