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LARRY DEAN SUEDMYER III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1950 – April 4, 1971
Service recordLarry Dean Suedmyer III, of Tulelake, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 107
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Tulelake, California (Siskiyou County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 107
- LARRY ELMER STEPPEESergeant · April 4, 1971
- MELVIN CARTER WHEELER JRCorporal · April 4, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
- KARL ROBERT BERBERTPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1971
From Tulelake
- DONALD L MUSSELMANSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
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.