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CHARLES THOMAS LANGENFELD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 25, 1946 – April 17, 1968
Service recordCharles Thomas Langenfeld, of Watertown, South Dakota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Watertown, South Dakota (Codington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 30
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- FRANCIS WILLIAM LAMON JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROGER LEE NEGERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
From Watertown
- MICHAEL EUGENE GEARHARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS HAIDERSergeant · June 9, 1969
- MARK ROLAND HORNERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- DENIS JAMES ZIMPRICHSpecialist Four · April 7, 1970
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · May 22, 1970
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.