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LARRY EUGENE DAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – February 28, 1970
Service recordLarry Eugene Dailey, of Vienna, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 67
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Vienna, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 67
- WILLIAM BOYLESergeant First Class · February 28, 1970
- GLENN EDWARD BUNDYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · February 28, 1970
- DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARDSergeant First Class · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ALBERT ALEGREStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 66
From Vienna
- JAMES LEWIS RILEYSergeant · November 16, 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.