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LARRY DEAN PLATT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – June 27, 1969
Service recordLarry Dean Platt, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 25
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY ROBINSONCorporal · June 27, 1969
- HUMBERTO RUIZ SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHEAL WILSONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN GERRY ALDAMSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 22
- WILLIAM MICHEAL WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 25
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
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.