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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Larry David Dupre.

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LARRY DAVID DUPRE

Corporal · U.S. Army

June 9, 1948 – November 1, 1969

Service record

Larry David Dupre, of Cleveland, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 16W · Line 12

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Military Police (95B)
Unit (as recorded)
560 MP CO 92 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
Born
June 9, 1948
Home of record
Cleveland, New York (Oswego County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 1, 1969
Age
21
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

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28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 16W, Line 12

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.