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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Davis Larry JR.

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JOHN DAVIS LARRY JR

Sergeant · U.S. Army

December 3, 1942 – May 20, 1968

Service record

John Davis Larry JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 64E · Line 6

Position of Panel 64E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
11 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
December 3, 1942
Home of record
Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 20, 1968
Age
25
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 64E, Line 6

Same unit, same day

From Birmingham

All 160 names from Birmingham →

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.