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LARRY DAVID LODEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1949 – March 5, 1971
Service recordLarry David Loden, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 25
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 25
- RALPH ANGELO MOREIRA JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1971
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
- GARY GALE PRENTICESpecialist Five · March 5, 1971
- EDWARD LEE RAYBURNSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RALPH BURCHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 23
- GILBERT DOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 23
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- MICHAEL ELI KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- RALPH ANGELO MOREIRA JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 25
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 25
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.