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LARRY D AUSTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1948 – June 30, 1968
Service recordLarry D Austin, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 22
- ARTHUR CLAY BALLEWPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- GORDON FRANCIS BROWNEPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS BUSBY JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM C WHITEHEAD JRMajor · June 30, 1968
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.