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LARRY A STROM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1946 – December 26, 1966
Service recordLarry A Strom, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 81
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 81
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE ROMANCHUKLance Corporal · December 26, 1966
- HARLEY EDWARD SHERMANPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- PLUMMER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL L BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 80
- HARLEY EDWARD SHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 81
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.