Lam, Alan Dinh
Marines Lance corporal

Alan Dinh Lam, age 19, from Snow Camp, North Carolina, Alamance county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 8Th Comm Bn, Ii Mhg, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Date of death: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Death details: Three Marines were killed and seven injured when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization training malfunctioned. The incident occurred near the city of Al Kut, Iraq. The dead are: Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold and Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell, Jr., both from the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; and Lance Corporal Alan Dinh Lam from the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. 22 April 2003.

Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times