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RICHARD ROSS LANGE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 24, 1952 – November 19, 1971
Service recordRichard Ross Lange, of Ludington, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Ludington, Michigan (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 69
- CHARLES ARTHUR POPPLETONSpecialist Four · November 18, 1971
- WARREN KENNETH WOLFFPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
- HAROLD DAVID BOWLENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1971
From Ludington
- JAMES RAYMOND NELSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- ROGER ALLAN DAINSSpecialist Five · April 22, 1968
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.