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Personal info

Full name
LANGHAM, Verus Milford
Date of birth
16 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Cherry Tree, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Burnside, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1012918
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Emmendingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 50

Immediate family

Members
Norman B. Langham (father)
Nancy J. (Barto) Langham (mother)
Leila M. Langham (sister)
Rollins N. Langham (brother)
Lynn W. Langham (sister)
Frederick D. Langham (brother)
James S. Langham (brother)
Kenneth L. Langham (brother)
Barto F. Langham (brother)
Louise M. Langham (half-sister)
Katherine I. (Miles) Langham (wife)
Verus M. Langham (son)

More information

1st Lt Verus M. Langham joined the Regular Army a first time on 26 January 1934 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He re-enlisted on 5 April 1937 in Harrisburg and was sent to the Phillipinnes. He re-enlisted a third time on 20 September 1939. He was sent overseas on 9 July 1943.

He was reported missing in action on 30 December 1944 in the vicinity of Sigolsheim France. Later it was clear that he had been wounded in action and taken prisoner. He died of his wounds in a German hospital in Emmendingen, Germany.

His brother, Sgt Frederick D. Langham, a bombardier in a B-29, was reported missing in action over the sea of Japan on 15 April 1945. He is remembered at the Honolulu Memorial.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men/ US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S / Norman Miller