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LARRY CLAY DYE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1948 – March 28, 1967
Service recordLarry Clay Dye, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 61
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- CHARLES EARL DYKELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- OTIS RANDOLPH ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.