Hero Square Dedication Sidney D. Lane
Join us for a Hero Square dedication for Sidney D. Lane on Saturday, October 28th at 10:00am. This dedication will be held at the intersection of Crawford Street and Walnut Avenue in Roxbury.
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10:00am - 11:00am -
Crawford Street and Walnut Street
Roxbury, MA -
Contact:Veterans Services
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Price:PriceFREE
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Neighborhood:NeighborhoodRoxbury
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To honor service members killed in the line of duty, we dedicate Hero Squares in recognition of their memory.
Sidney Daniel Lane Jr. was born on April 11, 1942, and resided in Roxbury Massachusetts. Sergeant Lane graduated from Brighton High School in June of 1962 with a Co-operative automobile mechanics diploma. Sidney “Sid” Lane enjoyed playing sports such as basketball and had the ambition to take up machinery in the Service. Sidney served with Company A, 1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force when he was an Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman.
In February of 1965, he was deployed to Camp Schwab, Okinawa before being deployed to the Republic of Vietnam in July of 1965. While on a resupply mission in Da Nang on April 7, 1967, a vehicle in which Sidney was a passenger was hit by an enemy mine. He suffered third degree burns to the front of his body and was medically evacuated to Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston Texas.
Sidney remained at that hospital for 12 days until he passed away due to his injuries on April 29, 1967, at age 25. He was awarded the Purple Heart and is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan. Sidney D. Lane Jr. is honored at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., his name is inscribed on Panel 18e, Line 115. Sidney was survived by his wife Mrs. Laura (Gibbs) Lane, and his parents Sidney Sr, and Gloria (Kennedy) Lane.
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10:00am - 11:00am
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Crawford Street and Walnut Street
Roxbury, MA -
Contact:Veterans Services
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Price:PriceFREE
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Neighborhood:NeighborhoodRoxbury
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Event Type:
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