George Lang

Age: 57

Summary: U.S. Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor for his military service during the Vietnam War who suffered a severe spinal injury in combat that left him a paraplegic but did bookkeeping for his brother-in-law's guitar-string company, fished on the South Shore of Long Island, and helped to compile a 2-volume history, Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-1994, after the war.

Cause of Death: Cancer

Born: April 20, 1947

Died: March 16, 2005

Location: Seaford, Long Island, New York