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LARRY DEAN EHLERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1952 – September 17, 1971
Service recordLarry Dean Ehlers, of Algonquin, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1952
- Home of record
- Algonquin, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 19
- MIGUEL ANTONIO BYNOEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1971
- HERSHEL DUANE CUDE JRSpecialist Four · September 18, 1971
- KENNETH LEE JONESSpecialist Four · September 18, 1971
- GERALD VINCENT VANWINKLESpecialist Five · September 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL ANTONIO BYNOEPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 19
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.