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LARRY FRANK MARKUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordLarry Frank Markus, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 119
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 119
- THOMAS ALLEN LANEPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- JOSEPH DALLAS LEGRAND JRSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- LOWELL RAY LLOYDLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS MILLAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 111
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 115
- FRANK JAMISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- EMMETT JERMANY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- XAVIER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 118
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- OXLEY CARRINGTON MOULTRIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 122
- DAVID LEE NIEMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 122
- RICHARD EDWARD POTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 123
- GARY MARTIN SMITHPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 125
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.