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LARRY EDWARD KREBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – January 29, 1970
Service recordLarry Edward Krebs, of Springfield, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 78
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 78
- ROBERT WILSON FLOYDFirst Sergeant · January 29, 1970
- RONNIE DALE FULMERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1970
- CHARLES COLEMAN HINTON JRLance Corporal · January 29, 1970
- MERLE GRIFFIN HUBBARDSpecialist Five · January 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE F BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 77
- RICHARD CHARLES KNAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 79
- BILL BROOKS LONGCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 79
- WILBERT REEDCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 80
- ROY LEE STRINGERCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 80
From Springfield
- LOREN MICHAEL SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- ALAN ARTHUR KETTNERSecond Lieutenant · April 13, 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.