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LARRY EDWARD FIELDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1943 – July 14, 1967
Service recordLarry Edward Fields, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 70
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 70
- DANIEL ROBERT FLANSAASSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- FRANCIS D HORLBACKSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- PAUL JUNIOR MYERSPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
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.