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KARL FERDINAND LANGE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 27, 1929 – December 9, 1969
Service recordKarl Ferdinand Lange, of West Allis, Wisconsin, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 42
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 27, 1929
- Home of record
- West Allis, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 42
- ROGER WILLIAM HEINZMajor · December 9, 1969
- RICHARD GARFIELD HILLStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1969
- WARD LAWRENCE HOOPER JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT KIMBALLPrivate First Class · December 9, 1969
From West Allis
- ROBERT GRESKOWIAKCaptain · May 15, 1965
- DUNCAN FREDERICK KRUEGERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM TAMM ARNOLDLieutenant Commander · November 18, 1966
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MEIDAMSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD BURBACHFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES HONDELSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- STANLEY FRANK URBASSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- WILLIAM DONALD BAKKENPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- JOHN ALLEN BUSCHKESergeant · February 23, 1969
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.