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JAMES LARRY STRONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1950 – September 17, 1970
Service recordJames Larry Strong, of Celina, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Celina, Tennessee (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 70
- MARK THOMAS HEAVRINSergeant · September 17, 1970
- WALTER WESLEY HUTTONStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1970
- RONALD LESTER HUXTABLESpecialist Four · September 17, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD TAMBURRI JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1970
From Celina
- WILLIAM B WATSONPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
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.