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LARRIE JACK GOTCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1945 – March 22, 1968
Service recordLarrie Jack Gotcher, of Citrus Heights, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 55
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Citrus Heights, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 55
- DAVID WAYNE DERRYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- WALTER JACOB EGGERCaptain · March 22, 1968
- FRED C H FRAPPIEA JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- WORDELL GAINESPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP J CAYFORD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 54
- BRIAN SCOTT PERLEWITZSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 58
From Citrus Heights
- RICHARD JAMES WILLETTSpecialist Four · August 5, 1966
- DANIEL CHARLES FOWLERPlatoon Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- DONALD ROBERT GLASSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- STEPHEN MICHAEL FRYLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- JERRY KEITH BOBBITTSergeant · April 1, 1971
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.