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LARRY ALBERT IANNETTA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 2, 1946 – March 29, 1968
Service recordLarry Albert Iannetta, of Milwaukie, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 1
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Milwaukie, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên 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 47E, Line 1
- WILLIAM PAUL HURLEY JRMajor · March 29, 1968
- KENDAL ROBERT KRUSESergeant · March 29, 1968
- ANIELLO CARLOS NUNZIATOCorporal · March 29, 1968
- NATHANIEL WILLINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS G CARLISLE IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 46E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LASZLOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47E, Line 2
- PAUL RAY MCFADDENSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 3
- JON MICHAEL MURPHYSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 3
From Milwaukie
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- WAYNE CONRAD REINECKEPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COOPERPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND SCHAFERSeaman Apprentice · May 1, 1968
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
- DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTIPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 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.