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LARRY EUGENE VANGESSEL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Vangessel, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 16
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 16
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · August 14, 1968
- GEORGE JOSEPH BODNARFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
- BAY BENTON BOOTHEStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.