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LARRY GENE CALHOUN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – May 18, 1968
Service recordLarry Gene Calhoun, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 14
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES LUTHER YOUNGSergeant First Class · May 17, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- HAROLD BOOKER T BAYLORLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
- BRUCE LEVYPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 19
- HOWARD RAY SPITZERPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 1
From Pine Bluff
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HOUSECorporal · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 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.