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HANS DIETRICK LANGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – June 8, 1967
Service recordHans Dietrick Lange, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 74
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GLADE HENDERSONSergeant · June 8, 1967
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 72
- JERRY LORENZO DAWCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 73
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 74
- JOHN THOMAS MCMAHONCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 75
- DONALD ANDREW MOURITZENSpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 75
- GLENN ALLEN WATKINSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 77
- HOWARD LEE WEBBSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 77
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
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.