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LARRY CHARLES VASTINE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 1, 1950 – September 26, 1969
Service recordLarry Charles Vastine, of Mcdermott, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Mcdermott, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 11
- KENNETH JAMES MCCLUSKEYPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
- ERIC ALLAN REAMCorporal · September 26, 1969
- HARLAND LYLE WILKINSONPrivate · September 26, 1969
- LARRY CURTIS WRENNCorporal · September 26, 1969
From Mcdermott
- CHARLES WILLIAM PROSE JRSergeant · September 14, 1969
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.