Riverhead soldier killed in Vietnam reinterred at Calverton
Images of Pfc. Garfield M. Langhorn, a Riverhead native who was killed in action in 1960 in Vietnam. Credit: Thomas Hengge
In a poignant ceremony, a crowd of more than 200 came to honor Pfc. Garfield M. Langhorn, a Riverhead native who was killed in action in 1969 in Vietnam.
Friday, Langhorn was reinterred at Calverton National Ceremony. He had been buried at Riverhead National Cemetery since his death.
Langhorn was a radio operator on a mission to recover the bodies of two pilots whose helicopter was shot down by enemy fire. He threw himself on top of a grenade to absorb the blast and protect the other soldiers around him.
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