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LARRY DELTON PHELPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordLarry Delton Phelps, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 17
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 17
- JOHN DAVID PONDERLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- LEROY WARREN POPPEMAHospitalman · May 16, 1968
- HARRY LEE RILEY JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- FREDERICK LEO ROHANPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED THOMPSON URENSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 20
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.