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LARRY DOUGLAS FRALICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1946 – September 4, 1969
Service recordLarry Douglas Fralicks, of Cedar Hill, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 32
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Cedar Hill, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 32
- GEORGE HOWARD DANIELS IISpecialist Five · September 4, 1969
- EARMON RAY DERRINGTONCorporal · September 4, 1969
- RUSSELL CARRELL FORDHAMSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EUGENE HUTCHINSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 33
- CHARLES ELBERT LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 34
- WILLIAM MICHAEL LYONS IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 34
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 35
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.