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LARRY GAY LANCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – September 8, 1967
Service recordLarry Gay Lance, of Horse Shoe, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Horse Shoe, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 36
- DAVID ALLEN LEBEAUPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD LIGHTFOOTSeaman Recruit · September 8, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD MARSHALLLance Corporal · September 8, 1967
- OSCAR H PALACIOS JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 35
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 35
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 37
- FRANK LOUIS ZIGALOSergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 38
From Horse Shoe
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · February 19, 1969
- RICHARD BRYAN LINEBERRYLieutenant · September 27, 1972
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.