Mickey Daniel Lang

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1 Aug 2004 Mickey enlisted in the Army in Anchorage, Alaska but he was from Odessa, Texas in West Texas. His folks were up in Alaska working on the pipeline when Mickey enlisted in the Army. He was killed in Vietnam from a mortar/rocket attack. He is remembered by his hometown of Odessa and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans Memorial located at Midland International Airport, Midland, Texas. May his sacrifice never be forgotten. From a PBVVM representative, Billy M. Brown 30 Nov 2005 Mickey was born and spent the first 16 years of his life in Odessa, Texas. He now rests at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Odessa. He attended Permian High School through his sophomore year. From a PBVVM representative, Billy M. Brown 29 Jan 2008 From an article Sunday, October 31, 1971 in the Odessa American, Odessa, Texas, I found that the Silver Star had been presented to the family of Private First Class Mickey Daniel Lang in ceremonies at Fort Richardson, Alaska for his actions which cost him his life in Vietnam. Private First Class Mickey Daniel Lang is buried in the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Odessa. The family returned to Odessa to live many years later. From a PBVVM representative, Billy M. Brown 4015 Melody Lane, Odessa, Texas 79762 bmbrown@grandecom.net Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Odessa, Texas

A Note from The Virtual Wall F Troop, 2/11 ACR, lost two men to enemy fire on 19 May 1971: PFC Herbert S. Barnes of Bixby, Oklahoma, and PFC Mickey D. Lang.

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 1 Aug 2004
Last updated 08/10/2009