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LARRY DREW HARVEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1944 – October 3, 1965
Service recordLarry Drew Harvey, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 104
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH MASNYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · October 3, 1965
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 104
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 105
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.