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LARRY FRANCIS C HOADLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1936 – September 1, 1968
Service recordLarry Francis C Hoadley, of Watervliet, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- May 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Watervliet, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 19
- LUIS G GOMEZ-MESASergeant · September 1, 1968
- GWYN THAXTON HENSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD HINSONCorporal · September 1, 1968
- MELVIN JOSEPH OWCZARCZAKSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1968
From Watervliet
- RICKY LYNN HERNDONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
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.