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Langley, Eugene Francis, Jr
Death: Saturday, July 10, 2021 at the age of 91
Laid to Rest: Saturday, July 31, 2021
Eugene Francis Langley, Jr. Gene 91, formerly of Martinsburg, West Virginia passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on July 10, 2021 at Hospice of St. Mary s in Callaway, Maryland. He was born on December 22, 1929 in Capitol Heights, Maryland to Eugene Langley, Sr. and Florence Langley.
After he completed his education, in 1951, he was called upon by the United States Army and he was deployed to Korea to assist the US during the Korean War. While stationed in Korea, Private 1 st Class Eugene Langley, Jr. was a cook and prepared three meals a day for the troops, from February 1952ÂNovember 1953. If you ever asked him about his service, he would tell you he prepared meals for at least 5,000 men each day, peeled hundreds of pounds of potatoes, and he hasn t eaten a single grain of rice since he returned home.