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HOLLAND IRWIN LANGHAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – May 3, 1968
Service recordHolland Irwin Langham, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 28
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- WILLIE LE EARL PONDERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- GREGORY GENE PRITCHETTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1968
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
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.