Lance Cpl Alan Dinh Lam
Born: November 16, 1983 Massachusetts
Died: April 22, 2003 near Al Kut, Iraq
Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam of Snow Camp, North Carolina was the youngest of five children and the only son. He is a 2001 graduate of Southern Alamance High School in Graham, North Carolina where he is remembered as a talented artist who also worked on the school newspaper staff. Soon after high school he joined the United States Marines graduating from basic training at Parris Island, S.C., in early 2002. He was killed at age 19 in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq.
Marines
8th Communication Battalion
2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Burial is at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia – Sec 60 Site 7969
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