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DEAN RICHARD LANGE
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
June 5, 1938 – September 3, 1969
Service recordDean Richard Lange, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 28
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Nebraska City, Nebraska (Otoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 28
- LEN MARTIN HANAWALDLieutenant Colonel · September 3, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- ALAN CARSON MANESSWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- JOHN GUSTAVE WILLEMSSpecialist Four · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 26
- RONALD JOSEPH BRITZMajor · Panel 18W, Line 26
- ANDRE GEORGE BROUMASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 26
- MICHAEL LEE COLLINSSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 26
- TONY CRUZSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- MCKENZIE W GENWRIGHTCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 27
- DAVID RUSSELL HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- NORMAN LOUIS NESTERAKCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 29
- WILLIAM EDWARD TITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 29
From Nebraska City
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1967
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- DALE LEE DEWOLFSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.