Published in The Washington Post (Oct. 7, 2014):
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Vaughn O. Lang November 10, 1927 - October 2, 2014
Vaughn O. Lang, 86, of Vienna, VA, and formerly of Williamsburg, PA, died Thursday evening at his home following an extended illness.
He was born in Williamsburg, son of the late Carl J. and Martha (Mogle) Lang.
He married E. Doris Loose on December 30, 1949, in Williamsburg. She preceded him in death May 19, 2009.
Surviving are a son, Philip D. of Gordonsville, VA; two daughters: Cory E. Edwards of Sterling, VA, and Nancy J. Lang of Vienna, VA; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Kay Vaughn of St. Clairsville, OH.
Lt. Gen. Lang was a 1945 graduate of Williamsburg High School and an ROTC graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a commission as a second lieutenant in 1952. His subsequent assignments were commander of Bravo Company and then S-3 for the 50th Signal Battalion. He served as the signal advisor to the Vietnamese 21st Infantry Division. Lt. Gen. Lang's assignments then began to include those which engaged him in materiel acquisition. He served in the Radio-Radar Procurement Branch and in the European Trans-Atlantic Project. Interspersed in these assignments, he was chosen to command at every level. Lt. Gen. Lang commanded both the 447th Signal Battalion in Europe and the 39th Signal Battalion in Vietnam with his unit commands culminating with the command of the 1st Signal Brigade in Korea. He then commanded the Communications-Electronics Materiel Readiness Command and the Army Communications Agency. It was in his last assignment that he may have made his greatest contribution to our nation, serving as the director of a program devoted to the continuity of our constitutional form of government and to the survival of the office of the President of the United States.
Lt. Gen. Lang received many awards and decorations throughout his service to our country, including 2 Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, 2 Legions of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals, 2 Meritorious Service Medals, 3 Army Commendation Medals, the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Occupation Medal (Germany), and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
Lt. Gen. Lang retired from active duty in 1988, but he continued to provide valuable service in the defense of our country as an independent contractor to the government until full retirement in 2010.
There will be no public viewing; however, friends will be received from 10 to 11:30 am Saturday, October 11, 2014, at John C. Bolger Funeral Home, Inc., Williamsburg. Interment with full military honors will follow at Henry's Lutheran Cemetery at Yellow Springs, rural Williamsburg.
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Vaughn O. Lang November 10, 1927 - October 2, 2014
Vaughn O. Lang, 86, of Vienna, VA, and formerly of Williamsburg, PA, died Thursday evening at his home following an extended illness.
He was born in Williamsburg, son of the late Carl J. and Martha (Mogle) Lang.
He married E. Doris Loose on December 30, 1949, in Williamsburg. She preceded him in death May 19, 2009.
Surviving are a son, Philip D. of Gordonsville, VA; two daughters: Cory E. Edwards of Sterling, VA, and Nancy J. Lang of Vienna, VA; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Kay Vaughn of St. Clairsville, OH.
Lt. Gen. Lang was a 1945 graduate of Williamsburg High School and an ROTC graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a commission as a second lieutenant in 1952. His subsequent assignments were commander of Bravo Company and then S-3 for the 50th Signal Battalion. He served as the signal advisor to the Vietnamese 21st Infantry Division. Lt. Gen. Lang's assignments then began to include those which engaged him in materiel acquisition. He served in the Radio-Radar Procurement Branch and in the European Trans-Atlantic Project. Interspersed in these assignments, he was chosen to command at every level. Lt. Gen. Lang commanded both the 447th Signal Battalion in Europe and the 39th Signal Battalion in Vietnam with his unit commands culminating with the command of the 1st Signal Brigade in Korea. He then commanded the Communications-Electronics Materiel Readiness Command and the Army Communications Agency. It was in his last assignment that he may have made his greatest contribution to our nation, serving as the director of a program devoted to the continuity of our constitutional form of government and to the survival of the office of the President of the United States.
Lt. Gen. Lang received many awards and decorations throughout his service to our country, including 2 Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, 2 Legions of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals, 2 Meritorious Service Medals, 3 Army Commendation Medals, the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Occupation Medal (Germany), and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
Lt. Gen. Lang retired from active duty in 1988, but he continued to provide valuable service in the defense of our country as an independent contractor to the government until full retirement in 2010.
There will be no public viewing; however, friends will be received from 10 to 11:30 am Saturday, October 11, 2014, at John C. Bolger Funeral Home, Inc., Williamsburg. Interment with full military honors will follow at Henry's Lutheran Cemetery at Yellow Springs, rural Williamsburg.
Published in The Washington Post (Oct. 7, 2014):
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Vaughn O. Lang November 10, 1927 - October 2, 2014
Vaughn O. Lang, 86, of Vienna, VA, and formerly of Williamsburg, PA, died Thursday evening at his home following an extended illness.
He was born in Williamsburg, son of the late Carl J. and Martha (Mogle) Lang.
He married E. Doris Loose on December 30, 1949, in Williamsburg. She preceded him in death May 19, 2009.
Surviving are a son, Philip D. of Gordonsville, VA; two daughters: Cory E. Edwards of Sterling, VA, and Nancy J. Lang of Vienna, VA; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Kay Vaughn of St. Clairsville, OH.
Lt. Gen. Lang was a 1945 graduate of Williamsburg High School and an ROTC graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a commission as a second lieutenant in 1952. His subsequent assignments were commander of Bravo Company and then S-3 for the 50th Signal Battalion. He served as the signal advisor to the Vietnamese 21st Infantry Division. Lt. Gen. Lang's assignments then began to include those which engaged him in materiel acquisition. He served in the Radio-Radar Procurement Branch and in the European Trans-Atlantic Project. Interspersed in these assignments, he was chosen to command at every level. Lt. Gen. Lang commanded both the 447th Signal Battalion in Europe and the 39th Signal Battalion in Vietnam with his unit commands culminating with the command of the 1st Signal Brigade in Korea. He then commanded the Communications-Electronics Materiel Readiness Command and the Army Communications Agency. It was in his last assignment that he may have made his greatest contribution to our nation, serving as the director of a program devoted to the continuity of our constitutional form of government and to the survival of the office of the President of the United States.
Lt. Gen. Lang received many awards and decorations throughout his service to our country, including 2 Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, 2 Legions of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals, 2 Meritorious Service Medals, 3 Army Commendation Medals, the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Occupation Medal (Germany), and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
Lt. Gen. Lang retired from active duty in 1988, but he continued to provide valuable service in the defense of our country as an independent contractor to the government until full retirement in 2010.
There will be no public viewing; however, friends will be received from 10 to 11:30 am Saturday, October 11, 2014, at John C. Bolger Funeral Home, Inc., Williamsburg. Interment with full military honors will follow at Henry's Lutheran Cemetery at Yellow Springs, rural Williamsburg.
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Vaughn O. Lang November 10, 1927 - October 2, 2014
Vaughn O. Lang, 86, of Vienna, VA, and formerly of Williamsburg, PA, died Thursday evening at his home following an extended illness.
He was born in Williamsburg, son of the late Carl J. and Martha (Mogle) Lang.
He married E. Doris Loose on December 30, 1949, in Williamsburg. She preceded him in death May 19, 2009.
Surviving are a son, Philip D. of Gordonsville, VA; two daughters: Cory E. Edwards of Sterling, VA, and Nancy J. Lang of Vienna, VA; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Kay Vaughn of St. Clairsville, OH.
Lt. Gen. Lang was a 1945 graduate of Williamsburg High School and an ROTC graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a commission as a second lieutenant in 1952. His subsequent assignments were commander of Bravo Company and then S-3 for the 50th Signal Battalion. He served as the signal advisor to the Vietnamese 21st Infantry Division. Lt. Gen. Lang's assignments then began to include those which engaged him in materiel acquisition. He served in the Radio-Radar Procurement Branch and in the European Trans-Atlantic Project. Interspersed in these assignments, he was chosen to command at every level. Lt. Gen. Lang commanded both the 447th Signal Battalion in Europe and the 39th Signal Battalion in Vietnam with his unit commands culminating with the command of the 1st Signal Brigade in Korea. He then commanded the Communications-Electronics Materiel Readiness Command and the Army Communications Agency. It was in his last assignment that he may have made his greatest contribution to our nation, serving as the director of a program devoted to the continuity of our constitutional form of government and to the survival of the office of the President of the United States.
Lt. Gen. Lang received many awards and decorations throughout his service to our country, including 2 Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, 2 Legions of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals, 2 Meritorious Service Medals, 3 Army Commendation Medals, the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Occupation Medal (Germany), and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
Lt. Gen. Lang retired from active duty in 1988, but he continued to provide valuable service in the defense of our country as an independent contractor to the government until full retirement in 2010.
There will be no public viewing; however, friends will be received from 10 to 11:30 am Saturday, October 11, 2014, at John C. Bolger Funeral Home, Inc., Williamsburg. Interment with full military honors will follow at Henry's Lutheran Cemetery at Yellow Springs, rural Williamsburg.
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