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LARRY ALAN GILLASPIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordLarry Alan Gillaspie, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 46
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 46
- WILLIE FRANK GREENCorporal · March 26, 1969
- DENNIS DALE GREERSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- GREGORY LEE HABETSSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- GEVIN PESCOZO PASTORESLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL TURNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 54
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 55
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 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.