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LARRY DELARNARD AIKEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordLarry Delarnard Aiken, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 42
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 42
- GARY DENTON TATEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH WHITESSpecialist Four · July 24, 1969
- MICHAEL M BARTHOLOMEWStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1969
- JAMES LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 96
- MARTIN LEO DAMITIOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 97
- JOHN VINCENT FOLGERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 98
- FELIX G GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 99
- HOMER PHILLIP KENDRICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 25W, Line 103
- JEROME KRISTIN LUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 104
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 107
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 108
- WESLEY WARREN STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 111
- ALAN CURTIS WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 113
- RAYMOND LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 114
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.