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LARRY ALLEN TRIMBLE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 6, 1947 – April 15, 1972
Service recordLarry Allen Trimble, of Farmington, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 15, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 1W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Farmington, Washington (Whitman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1972. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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Also on Panel 1W, Line 1
- ORVIN CLARENCE JONES JRLieutenant Colonel · April 16, 1972
- CHARLES DAVID LANDISPrivate First Class · April 16, 1972
- ALAN PAUL MATEJAMajor · April 16, 1972
- ROBERT ALLEN STERLINGPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 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.