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LARRY GENE SHEFFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1941 – September 24, 1966
Service recordLarry Gene Sheffield, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 11
- CLYDE MINIXSergeant · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- JUNIOR LEE WHITTLESpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARNEST EBELCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 7
- WAYNE EDWIN ELLISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11E, Line 7
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 8
- EDWIN JOSEF LUCKSTEADSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 8
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.