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LARRY FRANKLIN MATTINGLY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1942 – May 4, 1970
Service recordLarry Franklin Mattingly, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 96
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 96
- DEAN L AITKENSergeant · May 4, 1970
- FLOYD WATSEL LAMB JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1970
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · May 4, 1970
- RICHARD WALTER PAQUETTESergeant · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEAN LOUIS BONNEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 94
- TOMMY L KEARSLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 95
- DEAN L AITKENSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 96
- RODNEY ALAN TAYLORSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 97
- LARRY LANCE WATKINSPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 98
- DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREYCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 98
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.