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LARRY COSIMO VALLELONGA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1946 – June 30, 1969
Service recordLarry Cosimo Vallelonga, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 40
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · June 30, 1969
- JEROME ERNIE TUCKERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARRY GERNERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 37
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 38
- LAWRENCE RASPBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
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.