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ANDREW ALPHONSO LANG
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 27, 1948 – June 24, 1968
Service recordAndrew Alphonso Lang, of St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 29
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 29
- RICHARD ALFRED JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LAFFERTYSergeant · June 24, 1968
- JAMES FRANK MEGAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- KENT FROEMMING MILLERMajor · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BADERSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 25
- LEROY JACK BROWNINGSergeant Major · Panel 55W, Line 26
- RICHARD SHARON POHLColonel · Panel 55W, Line 30
From St Croix
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1966
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1971
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.