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LARRY ARTHUR GARNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1939 – July 30, 1967
Service recordLarry Arthur Garner, of Mulkeytown, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 51
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Mulkeytown, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 51
- DAVID ADDISON FREDERICKCaptain · July 30, 1967
- JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYSLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- WILLIAM VAN HEARNSPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 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.