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LARRY ARTHUR DIEFENBACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1944 – January 5, 1968
Service recordLarry Arthur Diefenbach, of Aurora, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Aurora, Indiana (Dearborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 46
- FREDIE RAY COXPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES DESILETSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
From Aurora
- KENNETH WAYNE LOZIERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
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.