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LARRY GENE ASBRIDGE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – August 12, 1967
Service recordLarry Gene Asbridge, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 1 ARTY II FF
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 102
- GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZSergeant · August 12, 1967
- EDWIN LEE ATTERBERRYLieutenant Colonel · August 12, 1967
- EUGENE CASTANEDASergeant · August 12, 1967
From Pekin
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 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.