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DEAN LAVERNE LANG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1941 – August 24, 1968
Service recordDean Laverne Lang, of Everett, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 5
- PETER FRANK KOVACHPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- FRANK JAY LACEYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- MELVIN EARL LADEWIGCaptain · August 24, 1968
- DONALD GARY LAMMERSFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISIAH SIMMONSCaptain · Panel 46W, Line 8
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 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.