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LARRY DEAN HOCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1947 – May 6, 1969
Service recordLarry Dean Hoch, of Topton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Topton, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 12
- ROGER LEE JAMISONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- PAUL JOHN KRONTHALERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- RICHARD M LUCKENBACH JRSergeant · May 6, 1969
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 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.