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LARRY ADRIAN LAND
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1947 – March 6, 1967
Service recordLarry Adrian Land, of Brownsville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Tennessee (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 29
- HARRY WILLIAM KLEBERSergeant · March 6, 1967
- DOUGLAS LEE KRAMERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BURGESS ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE LYERLYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
From Brownsville
- WILLIE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1967
- ANDREW CURRIEPrivate · July 4, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD LANE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LEWIS HAAKLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
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.