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LARRY EUGENE ELMORE
Private · U.S. Army
June 30, 1943 – March 26, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Elmore, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 31
- ROBERT EUGENE CUNDIFFCaptain · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JACK EDWARD DERRICOSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD EVANCHOLance Corporal · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 30
- JAMES HENRY CAMPBELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 30
- BARTON WAINWRIGHT CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 30
- ALAN SPENCE KOHNSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 36
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.