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HERBERT CYRIL LANGENHORST
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – October 18, 1968
Service recordHerbert Cyril Langenhorst, of Germantown, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Germantown, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 74
- ANTHONY RAYMOND LUXCorporal · October 18, 1968
- RICARDO RAUL MARTINEZCorporal · October 18, 1968
- LESTER CLEO MCGINNIS IISergeant · October 18, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MILLSSergeant · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CYRIL ANTHONY ALVERAZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 71
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 72
From Germantown
- MARLIN CHRIS EVERSGERDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- NORMAN LEE EVERSGERDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- RALPH BERNARD ORTMANNCorporal · July 2, 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.