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BENJAMIN GAINES LANG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 4, 1946 – April 28, 1971
Service recordBenjamin Gaines Lang, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 16
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DEMUTHSpecialist Four · April 28, 1971
- LAWRENCE RAY PEELSpecialist Four · April 28, 1971
- GERALD CALVIN SEYBOLDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 28, 1971
- DAVID WARREN WINDSOR JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1971
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.