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LARRY EUGENE SLOAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – April 15, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Sloan, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 8
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 8
- PATRICK FRANCIS SCHAROSCHSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- DENNIS RAYMOND SIETSEMALance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- LOUIS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 3
- ROBERT FRITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 4
- JERRY WAYNE HEUERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 4
- GEORGE J ECONOMOUS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 5
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- LAUREN DALE HUERDSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- EDWARD ANTHONY RHODEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 7
- STEVEN DEAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.