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CHARLES LARRY GUTHRIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – March 22, 1969
Service recordCharles Larry Guthrie, of Kensington, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 11
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Kensington, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 11
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- STEVEN DALE HOOPERSergeant · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES DENNIS HOWELLSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DALE HOOPERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 11
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 14
From Kensington
- ROLAND EDWARD RUSHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.