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JOHN ALYN LARGENT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1949 – May 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Alyn Largent, of Rochester, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 237 MED DET USARV
- Born
- November 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “237 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HARMS JRSergeant · May 10, 1970
- RONALD WALTER HOLTPrivate First Class · May 10, 1970
- TERRY LEE KETTERCaptain · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 11
- ALFRED JAMES GAIDISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 11
- PHILLIP NICHOLAS SCHMITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 15
From Rochester
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · August 15, 1966
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
- DENNIS LEE GAUTHIERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1972
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.