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LARRY GENE CURTIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1946 – February 1, 1969
Service recordLarry Gene Curtis, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 30
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
- January 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 30
- WILLIAM DANIEL WINKELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JACKSON DILLON BARNESWarrant Officer 1 · February 1, 1969
- MELVIN EUGENE CLAYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- ANTHONY MICHAEL CUSUMANOLance Corporal · February 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN RAY KUTSCHBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 32
- TOM RICHARD MUELLERSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 33
- FREDERICK SCHMITTSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 34
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 35
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.