Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of James Franklin Lang
Headstone of James Franklin Lang
U.S. Air Force · United States United States

James Franklin Lang

Captain
1941 – 1968
Purple Heart
Air MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 52E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Captain James Franklin Lang served in the U.S. Air Force. James served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. James was 26 years old.

How He Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Injury, unspecified
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Thua Thien
Keepsakes
James F Lang
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Service Record
U.S. Air Force
20TH TAC AIR SPT SQDN, 504TH TAC AIR SPT GROUP, 7TH AF
1115: Pilot, Tactical Aircraft, (various)
CAPT
THUA THIEN
1968
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 5

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Air Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 52E · Line 39 cut as JAMES F LANG
Burial Information
Cemetery Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Section D
Grave 2969
In Our Keeping
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James Franklin Lang
Captain
U.S. Air Force
- 1968
Captain
Purple Heart
Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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