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LARRY EDWARD GILLIAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1950 – December 3, 1970
Service recordLarry Edward Gilliam, of Cartersville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Cartersville, Virginia (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 104
- FRANCISCO VEGALance Corporal · December 2, 1970
- DAVID MICHALE BAUMSpecialist Four · December 3, 1970
- JOHNNY PHILLIP GARCIAPrivate First Class · December 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEE HOWELLSergeant First Class · December 3, 1970
From Cartersville
- JIMMY CLIFORD STINNETTSeaman · May 21, 1965
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.