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LARRY GENE POWELL
Major · U.S. Army
May 27, 1937 – November 22, 1967
Service recordLarry Gene Powell, of Ocilla, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- May 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Ocilla, Georgia (Irwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 66
- CHARLES G ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1967
- ALLYSON YUKIO SASAKIPrivate · November 22, 1967
- JAMES PAUL SAURINISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
From Ocilla
- JOHN CLINTON MERRITTStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1971
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.