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LARRY BERNARD GORDIAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – August 12, 1967
Service recordLarry Bernard Gordian, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 103
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 103
- FAY KENNY COOPERSpecialist Five · August 12, 1967
- GARY PAUL FONTENOTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.