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LARRY DELYNN CHANDLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1948 – April 12, 1969
Service recordLarry Delynn Chandler, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 62
- BERNHARD M CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- DUANE ROSS DAVISPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- ERNEST LEO DESOTOColonel · April 12, 1969
- JOSE RENTERIA DIAZSergeant · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT DOUGLAS SCHOEBENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 67
- MICHAEL BRODERICK WIERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 69
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 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.