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LARRY ALDEN WINCHESTER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1936 – April 26, 1968
Service recordLarry Alden Winchester, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1936
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 26
- WILLIAM F VANDERVORT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD FUSSCorporal · April 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANJELO JOSEPH APRILLIANOSpecialist Six · Panel 52E, Line 13
- ROBERT LEE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 52E, Line 14
- JESS WILLIAM CREASON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 16
- DALE ALTON CRULLChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEWEESESpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILFRED DRAPERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 17
- DANNY EDWARD HEREAUSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 19
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- FRED ANTHONY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- MICHAEL PAUL STILESSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 24
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.