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LARRY EUGENE WASHBURN
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
January 14, 1945 – June 17, 1966
Service recordLarry Eugene Washburn, of San Antonio, Texas, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 59
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 51 FDM SQ
- Born
- January 14, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “51 FDM SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 59
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- MICHAEL VANCILPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- BARRY RONALD WALKERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALEXANDER CAIRNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 55
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.