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ROBERT CANDLER LANGFORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 22, 1948 – January 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Candler Langford, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 33
- ROBERT HENRY KINGFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN KLABUNDE JRCorporal · January 25, 1968
- HARVEY EDWARD KLINE IISpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BARTON ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 29
- PHILLIP EUGENE GARVERCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 32
- EARL ADELBERT MAILLOUXCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE DEAN WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 36
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.