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LARRY CHANDLER WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1946 – January 13, 1967
Service recordLarry Chandler West, of Dolton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Dolton, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 25
- HENRY EZRA TEASLEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- MORVAN DARRELL TURLEYCaptain · January 13, 1967
- HENRY WAYNE WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR WOODSergeant · January 13, 1967
From Dolton
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LENOVERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN SCHNELLER JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- DAVID KNOXLance Corporal · June 8, 1968
- JAMES CLARKE BEAVERCorporal · November 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
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.