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RICHARD CLAYTON LANGSJOEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1948 – November 5, 1967
Service recordRichard Clayton Langsjoen, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 25
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- CHARLES KENNETH JOHNSTONCorporal · November 5, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.