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LARRY BRENT CURTTRIGHT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1946 – February 28, 1969
Service recordLarry Brent Curttright, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 90
- ROBERT MERLE COOKSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- EUGENE COUTURIAUX JRSergeant · February 28, 1969
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL DONLANSergeant · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 91
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 96
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.