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LARRY FRANCIS WIRT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1944 – April 23, 1966
Service recordLarry Francis Wirt, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- July 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 130
- JOHN PAUL ISAACSPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- GERALD BENEDICT KASPRZYKStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1966
- GEORGE WILSON WOODSON JRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · April 24, 1966
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
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.