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LARRY EUGENE DYER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1950 – February 4, 1970
Service recordLarry Eugene Dyer, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Oxon Hill, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 100
- PATRICK LERVILLE COLEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINSSergeant · February 4, 1970
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · February 4, 1970
- LAWRENCE NORMOND DUBIAMaster Sergeant · February 4, 1970
From Oxon Hill
- CHARLES WILLARD LARMANSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL MATTINGLYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS LEECorporal · March 6, 1968
- FRANK MAURICE PROCTORSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- LARRY DONALD NICHOLSLance Corporal · November 17, 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.