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LARRY CURTIS WRENN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1948 – September 26, 1969
Service recordLarry Curtis Wrenn, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 11
- KENNETH JAMES MCCLUSKEYPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
- ERIC ALLAN REAMCorporal · September 26, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES VASTINECorporal · September 26, 1969
- HARLAND LYLE WILKINSONPrivate · September 26, 1969
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.