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JAMES L LANG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1936 – November 17, 1968
Service recordJames L Lang, of Neptune, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Neptune, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 2
- JACOB JOHNSONLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH KILLION JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- HAL RANDOLPH LONGSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- JOHN KEITH MARSHALLLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
From Neptune
- DAVID ROWLAND BEATTIEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- DONALD HARRY BROWERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- PATRICK EUGENE MCBRIDELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- COLIN JAMES BACHCorporal · October 22, 1968
- PAUL DAVID BACONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1972
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.