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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Larry Dean Good.

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LARRY DEAN GOOD

Private First Class · U.S. Army

January 15, 1947 – June 5, 1967

Service record

Larry Dean Good, of Chesaning, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21E · Line 58

Position of Panel 21E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
January 15, 1947
Home of record
Chesaning, Michigan (Saginaw County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 5, 1967
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 21E, Line 58

Same unit, same day

From Chesaning

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.