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LARRY DAVID CARROLL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – March 9, 1969
Service recordLarry David Carroll, of Hartsfield, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 85
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartsfield, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 85
- RANDY RONELL BOYKINSCorporal · March 9, 1969
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- BUDDY EUGENE CHANNONSergeant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY DEAN CLARKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
- KENNETH GEORGE CLARKE JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 89
- JOHNNY PAUL GRISSOMSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 89
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- JOSEPH EDWARD NOHE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- AARON CHARLES SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 96
- WILLIAM T SPEARMAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWELL WALLSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 97
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.