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JAMES MINTER LANGFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJames Minter Langford, of Carthage, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Carthage, Texas (Panola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 52
- LESLIE JOHN LANTOSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- JAMES MIRACLE JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- QUINTEN EMILE MULLEAVEYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 46
- JOHN JAMES BRADYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 46
- DAVID WAYNE CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 47
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE DILLONCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 49
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 49
- GEORGE HARVEY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 50
- JAMES MIRACLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 52
- GARY ARDEAN RYDENPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 54
- HAROLD ROGER SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 55
- DON CARLOS SYKESSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 55
From Carthage
- THOMAS DEAN VINCENTLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · May 11, 1968
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.