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WILLIAM C LANGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1945 – November 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam C Langham, of East Alton, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- East Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 78
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- DAVID LYNN HILTONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE DARDAR JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 76
- ROLAND JOHN GRUNDERSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 77
From East Alton
- JAMES DANIEL OLSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 1966
- JOHN BRAXTON WOODALLFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1967
- TERRY LEE DALLAPESpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
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.