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JIMMY LEE LANGSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1945 – February 28, 1967
Service recordJimmy Lee Langston, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 119
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 119
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- MATTHEW LEONARDSergeant First Class · February 28, 1967
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE F BARCHAK JRCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 112
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 113
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 118
- MICHAEL LEE MYERSCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 120
- JOHN THOMAS WETZELPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 124
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- WALTER PLATOSZPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.