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LARRY ALLEN BODELL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – February 19, 1969
Service recordLarry Allen Bodell, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 57
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 57
- THOMAS MICHAEL SKALLYCorporal · February 18, 1969
- EDWIN ARTHUR ACKERMAN JRCaptain · February 19, 1969
- WARNELL EUGENE ATENPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
From Wyoming
- ROBIN LEE CHILVEREPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · March 3, 1969
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.