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LARRY EDWARD CRANFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – May 25, 1966
Service recordLarry Edward Cranford, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 108
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 7E, Line 108
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MACHOWSKICaptain · May 24, 1966
- NELSON ROGER MOOREMaster Sergeant · May 24, 1966
- TOMPKINS GRIFFEN FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.