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SFC William Farrell thank you for the read/share of LT Sharon Lane; she was the only nurse killed in combat in Vietnam.

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Thanks for honoring LT Sharon Lane SFC William Farrell
First Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane died from shrapnel wounds when the 312th Evacuation Hospital at Chu Lai was hit by rockets on June 8, 1969. From Canton, OH, she was a month short of her 26th birthday. She was posthumously awarded the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm and the Bronze Star for Heroism. In 1970, the recovery room at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver, where Lt. Lane had been assigned before going to Vietnam, was dedicated in her honor. In 1973, Aultman Hospital in Canton, OH, where Lane had attended nursing school, erected a bronze statue of Lane. The names of 110 local servicemen killed in Vietnam are on the base of the statue.
Other nurses who killed in Vietnam include:
1&2. Second Lieutenant Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba and Second Lieutenant Elizabeth Ann Jones were assigned to the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon. They died in a helicopter crash near Saigon, February 18, 1966. Drazba was from Dunmore, PA., Jones from Allendale, SC. Both were 22 years old.
3. Captain Eleanor Grace Alexander of Westwood, NJ and Lieutenant Orlowski of Detroit, MI died November 30, 1967. Alexander, stationed at the 85th Evacuation Hospital and Orlowski, stationed at the 67th Evacuation Hospital, in Qui Nhon, had been sent to a hospital in Pleiku to help out during a push. With them when their plane crashed on the return trip to Qui Nhon were two other nurses, Jerome E. Olmstead of Clintonville, WI and Kenneth R. Shoemaker, Jr. of Owensboro, KY. Alexander was 27, Orlowski 23. Both were posthumously awarded Bronze Stars.
4. First Lieutenant Hedwig Diane Orlowski of Detroit, MI died November 30, 1967. Alexander, stationed at the 85th Evacuation Hospital and Orlowski, stationed at the 67th Evacuation Hospital, in Qui Nhon, had been sent to a hospital in Pleiku to help out during a push. With them when their plane crashed on the return trip to Qui Nhon were two other nurses, Jerome E. Olmstead of Clintonville, WI and Kenneth R. Shoemaker, Jr. of Owensboro, KY. Alexander was 27, Orlowski 23. Both were posthumously awarded Bronze Stars.
5. Second Lieutenant Pamela Dorothy Donovan, from Allston, MA, became seriously ill and died on July 8, 1968. She was assigned to the 85th Evacuation Hospital in Qui Nhon. She was 26 years old
Other women who were killed in Vietnam
Civilian:
American Red Cross Vietnam
Hannah E. Crews
Died in a jeep accident, Bien Hoa, October 2, 1969.

Virginia E. Kirsch
Murdered by U.S. soldier in Cu Chi, August 16, 1970.

Lucinda J. Richter
Died of Guillain-Barre syndrome, Cam Ranh Bay, February 9, 1971.

Army Special Services
Rosalyn Muskat
Died in a jeep accident, Long Binh, 1968.

Dorothy Phillips
Died in a plane crash, Qui Nhon, 1967.

Catholic Relief Services
Gloria Redlin
Shot in Pleiku, 1969.

Central Intelligence Agency
Betty Gebhardt
Died in Saigon, 1971.

Barbara Robbins
Died when a car bomb exploded outside the American Embassy, Saigon, March 30, 1965.
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SFC William Farrell - Please do not forget all EIGHT US Military Nurses - and the additional FIFTY NINE US Civilian Nurses and other women who died as a direct consequence of their service in country during the Vietnam War. All EIGHT US Military Nurses have their names inscribed in the Vietnam Wall - and are also recognized by specific memorial dedicated to their service. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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