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LARRY EUGENE WORTHEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1946 – June 7, 1967
Service recordLarry Eugene Worthen, of Union Point, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Union Point, Georgia (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 72
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
From Union Point
- WALTER BILLY M JOHNSONSergeant First Class · April 14, 1969
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.