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LARRY D MCKOY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – July 12, 1969
Service recordLarry D McKoy, of Coats, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 109
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Coats, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 109
- CALVIN GENE MAGUIRESergeant · July 12, 1969
- PETER XAVIER PIKECaptain · July 12, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- OTTIS EDWARD STRINGERLance Corporal · July 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DELOS RICHARD BUXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 106
- JAMES WILLIAM THIBAULTCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 110
From Coats
- DONALD DAVID STEWARTStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BRICE PARNELLStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1966
- DONNY RAE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- WILLIAM SHERRILL WILLISLieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1975
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.