The Wall › Panel 47E › Florida › Larry Euel Darden
LARRY EUEL DARDEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1948 – April 1, 1968
Service recordLarry Euel Darden, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 31
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 31
- KENNETH LEE CRISTPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY CUTTINGPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- ALEJANDRO DEJESUS-MUNOZSergeant First Class · April 1, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FISCHERCaptain · April 1, 1968
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.