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HENRY LANGHAM JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – July 26, 1967
Service recordHenry Langham JR, of Moss Point, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Moss Point, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 3
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES GOELZPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 2
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 3
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
From Moss Point
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- EDDIE LEE MCMILLAN JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES ALLEN WALTERSCorporal · March 17, 1970
- WALTER JOSEPH TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 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.