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LARRY DEAN NOVAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Dean Novak, of Platte Center, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 5
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Platte Center, Nebraska (Platte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 5
- JOSEPH DEAN MACKLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- GEORGE EDGAR MASSIEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- LARRY RONALD MCFADDINSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- RUSSELL ARTHUR MICHALKECorporal · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 5
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 6
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 7
- FRANK GEORGE EAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 68E, Line 1
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 3
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 69E, Line 1
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.