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WILLIAM OTTO LANG
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 26, 1947 – September 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Otto Lang, of New Holstein, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- New Holstein, Wisconsin (Calumet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 4
- DAN VICTOR LINDHOLMSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 1968
- KENNETH ROY OLIVERPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- HARRY STEVEN ONETO JRCorporal · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 4
- DAVID JUSTUS BULKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 5
- EDWARD EARL PEASergeant · Panel 44W, Line 5
- TERRY AUSTIN RUTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 6
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 7
- THEODORE A THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 7
- MICHAEL PATRICK WHELANSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 7
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.