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RICHARD HENRY LANGFORD
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1941 – April 23, 1965
Service recordRichard Henry Langford, of Dover, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- August 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Dover, Arkansas (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 107
- ROYAL GEORGE ISAACS JRCaptain · April 23, 1965
- LOWELL HOWARD MERRELLCorporal · April 23, 1965
- ROBERT A BUTTERFIELDCaptain · April 24, 1965
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 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.