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LARRY FRANK HORSLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1943 – September 8, 1968
Service recordLarry Frank Horsley, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- February 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; six 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 44W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD GLEGGLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM PHILLIP HARWOODWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1968
- REDLICK SIMS KOPPELWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1968
- ELLIS EDWARD LAIRSergeant · September 8, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.