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WILLIAM JAMES LANGMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 29, 1946 – September 27, 1970
Service recordWilliam James Langman, of Tigard, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 95
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Tigard, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 95
- DOUGLAS MEAD WOODLANDSpecialist Five · September 26, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · September 27, 1970
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · September 27, 1970
- ROBERT OREN HILL JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBSCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 96
- STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKINCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 96
- JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 97
From Tigard
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · August 17, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- HAROLD NORMAN FLIEGERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.