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LARRY EDWARD CURRY
Private · U.S. Army
September 19, 1944 – July 15, 1968
Service recordLarry Edward Curry, of Front Royal, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 34
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Textile And Leather Repair Assistant (43A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Front Royal, Virginia (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 34
- ANTHONY NOAH CONTICorporal · July 15, 1968
- TERRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1968
- NORMAN KENT DOUDSergeant · July 15, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE RAYSergeant · July 15, 1968
From Front Royal
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISCorporal · July 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LEVI SEEKFORDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP EUGENE PENNINGTONSergeant · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
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.