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LARRY DELANO HOSFORD
Major · U.S. Army
January 30, 1936 – October 27, 1968
Service recordLarry Delano Hosford, of Murray, Kentucky, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 44
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordinance Officer, Staff (4512)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Murray, Kentucky (Calloway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 44
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ARLEN JOHN HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- DOUGLAS CLEMENS KLOSESpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- JIMMY RUSSELL LIPECorporal · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED DOUGLAS GARRETTSergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 43
- JAMES LEON HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 43
From Murray
- GARY WILKINSONCorporal · June 23, 1968
- RONALD SANDERS COLSONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · June 3, 1969
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 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.