John Lane Jr.

Korean War
Service #19340013
UnitHQ CO 3 BN 19 INF 24 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathJuly 31 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Lane was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes

Corporal Lane was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on July 20, 1950 and returned to duty on July 30, 1950. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 31, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered at the time. In 1987, his remains were disinterred and sent to the Central Identification Laboratory (now the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) for identification. Recent technology in DNA and laboratory analysis allowed his remains to be identified in 2017. His name is permanently engraved in the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.