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LARRY BRISCOE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1946 – May 6, 1968
Service recordLarry Briscoe, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 2
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LEE ALDRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JOSEPH ALLAN CLINGERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 3
- RODNEY ALLEN CRANDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 4
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 4
- THOMAS AMISS FOXCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 6
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 9
- LARRY LEE KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MCGINTYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 13
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 13
- LONNY LAWRENCE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 16
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.