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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Warren Larue Long.

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WARREN LARUE LONG

Major · U.S. Air Force

November 9, 1932 – March 8, 1969

Service record

Warren Larue Long, of Ona, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 30W · Line 101

Position of Panel 30W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
13 AF
Born
November 9, 1932
Home of record
Ona, Florida (Hardee County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 8, 1969
Age
36
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 30W, Line 101

Same unit, same day

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.