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LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1945 – February 20, 1968
Service recordLarry Douglas Neasbitt, of Garland, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 45
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- TERRY Y OGAMICorporal · February 20, 1968
- GALEN ERICK OHLSONSpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- ALFRED RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
From Garland
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 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.