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MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1950 – February 26, 1971
Service recordMichael William Langnehs, of Shively, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Shively, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 7
- LARRY GENE HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1971
- WALTER HODGKINGSON NAYARPetty Officer Second Class · February 26, 1971
- JOHN MARTIN SOUTHERWarrant Officer 1 · February 26, 1971
- JON EDWARD SWANSONCaptain · February 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARTIN SOUTHERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 7
- SHERMAN RAY TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 8
From Shively
- JAMES CARLINE DOBSONLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- GERALD M HELLMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
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.