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LEWIS NELSON LANGFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – February 25, 1968
Service recordLewis Nelson Langford, of Crouch, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Crouch, Virginia (King And Queen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 24
- JOHN ALFRED LASSITERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- LESLIE ROSS LEWISPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- WILLIAM CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KASNOWSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 23
- WILLIAM T PITTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 27
- JOHN RAYMOND STEVENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 30
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.