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LARRY EUGENE YODER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 30, 1944 – May 2, 1967
Service recordLarry Eugene Yoder, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Latrobe, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 20
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- KENNETH HAROLD WRIGHTSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
From Latrobe
- DENNIS DALE KAISERCorporal · May 9, 1966
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD BRIDGEPrivate · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL PRIVIECHPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD ROBLELance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BIRCHAKCaptain · January 11, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON MOORESergeant First Class · March 19, 1969
- JAY LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · July 25, 1969
- BLAINE WILBERT ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.