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Lance Alan Dinh Lam
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Name: Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam
Age: 19
From: Snow Camp, N.C
Assigned to the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam was killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
Died: April 22, 2003
Age: 19
From: Snow Camp, N.C
Assigned to the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam was killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
Died: April 22, 2003
Alan Dinh Lam was a budding artist who enjoyed Shakespeare, wrote for his high school newspaper and liked to keep his friends and teachers laughing. Lam, 19, joined the Marines shortly after he graduated from high school.
He was one of three Marines killed April 22.
“I had him as a senior in my college prep English class,” teacher Geraldine Fox said. “He was one of my favorite students. He was very intelligent and funny and was a talented artist of detailed pen and ink drawings. He liked Shakespeare and loved Macbeth. He did the scenes in class with the swords and the swashbuckling.”
Lam, who grew up in Snow Camp, N.C., graduated in 2001 from Southern Alamance High School.
As a senior project, he and a friend staged a demonstration of...
Occupation
the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam was killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
Prayers & Messages
Lance Alan Dinh Lam
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.