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LARRY DAVID BEAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – January 22, 1971
Service recordLarry David Bean, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 60
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 60
- RONNIE GORDON VAUGHANLance Corporal · January 21, 1971
- FRANK ANTHONY CELANOSergeant · January 22, 1971
- ROG JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 22, 1971
- KENNETH LOVELACEStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY LEE PEFFERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 61
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.