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LARRY GENE DEARING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – January 8, 1968
Service recordLarry Gene Dearing, of Jackson, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Ohio (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 82
- ROBERT LEO CRAWLEYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- HOVEY RICE CURRYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CYRSergeant Major · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT DAYSergeant · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE ANDRAY BLACKBURNMaster Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 81
- PHELON HERMAN COLECorporal · Panel 33E, Line 81
From Jackson
- CLAY EDWARD DOWNEYSergeant · February 12, 1967
- RALPH FERGUSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · July 18, 1968
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
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.