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Ernest L. Lang Jr.

Case from Chester, PA dated Dec 10, 1978

Victim Details

Ernest L. Lang Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Chester

PA

1978-12-10

39

Ernest

L. Lang Jr.

06/22/2026

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In the winter of 1978, a brave off-duty police officer lost his life in an act of heroism. Corporal Ernest L. Lang Jr., a 39-year-old male, was fatally wounded on December 10, 1978, in Chester, Pennsylvania, when he intervened in a violent armed robbery. A three-year veteran of the Delaware County Courthouse and Park Police Department, he was a husband and a father to six children.

The tragic events unfolded at a bar located at 2213 West 3rd Street in Chester City. Two armed individuals, ...
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