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MARK MITCHELL LANGSTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1949 – February 5, 1968
Service recordMark Mitchell Langston, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 38
- RICHARD LORRAINE KUNTZSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- TYRONE FRANCIS LAMITIELance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.