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LARRY DEAN BOYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1945 – January 21, 1970
Service recordLarry Dean Boyer, of Carmi, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Carmi, Illinois (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 51
- TERRY LEE BANNINGFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1970
- JAMES CHARLES BAUMERFireman · January 21, 1970
- LARRY DWAYNE BEEBEFirst Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- CLAUD ALBERT DAVISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE DREASpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · Panel 14W, Line 55
From Carmi
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT CROZIER BARNES JRSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1968
- LEWIS WAYNE PAGEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- EARL KAY ZIEGLERFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
- BOBBY GENE BARBRESpecialist Four · May 8, 1969
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.