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WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1951 – October 2, 1969
Service recordWashington Morris Langley, of Brooksville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 29
- PAUL HARLAN KRUSESpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- JOHN ROACH LAKE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL LAMBERTSergeant · October 2, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE LEONARDPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EDWIN HAGSTROMSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 28
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 31
From Brooksville
- DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JRCaptain · January 8, 1968
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- CHARLES BRIAN KEATHLEYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
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.