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LARRY DANIEL BOOBAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1948 – September 6, 1969
Service recordLarry Daniel Boobar, of Lagrange, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Lagrange, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 46
- MICHAEL THOMAS BURNSCaptain · July 5, 1968
- WENDELL MELVIN BURNSCorporal · September 6, 1969
- BOBBY GENE HAYNESSergeant · September 6, 1969
- JERRY WARNER HICKERSONPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE HAYNESSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 46
- WAYNE JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 50
- STEVEN WAYNE WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 52
From Lagrange
- HERBERT ELBRIDGE ARMSTRONGSergeant First Class · September 27, 1971
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.