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LARRY EUGENE SPAULDING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordLarry Eugene Spaulding, of Athens, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 85
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Athens, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 85
- NATHAN BEDFORD SIMMONSSergeant First Class · May 12, 1969
- OLEN WAINWRIGHT SMITHSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- JAMES RODNEY SOWERSSergeant · May 12, 1969
From Athens
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- VIRGIL LEE CASTLECorporal · August 9, 1969
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · September 19, 1970
- FINLEY AUSTIN RICECorporal · December 22, 1970
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.