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JODY MAC LANGLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – April 10, 1967
Service recordJody Mac Langley, of Waxahachie, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Waxahachie, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 11
- MICHAEL HUGH LAMBSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE LONGSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- HARRY WILLIAM MARTINSenior Master Sergeant · April 10, 1967
- SALVADOR MARTINEZ NAVAPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
From Waxahachie
- MICHAEL FINNIE BURLESONLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- EDDIE HUGH ALLENPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · April 20, 1969
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 1970
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 1971
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.