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LARRY EUGENE KIGAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1949 – May 2, 1969
Service recordLarry Eugene Kigar, of Baring, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Baring, Missouri (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 99
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- BRUCE ELLIOTT FUNKLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- EUGENE GASTELUMPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- GARY EARL HOLTZCLAWFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE GASTELUMPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 99
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 102
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.