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ERNEST ALPHONSO LANG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1930 – April 5, 1968
Service recordErnest Alphonso Lang, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1930
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 18
- PETER YAZZIE CLAWPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZ-SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT NEEL JRSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- VANCE ALYN BERRYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 14
- PATRICK J CONROYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 15
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 17
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- JOHN ROBERT PIERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 19
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · Panel 48E, Line 21
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 21
- FRED YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 22
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.