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LARRY GENE YEAGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – July 11, 1970
Service recordLarry Gene Yeager, of Milton, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 10
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 10
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- ROBERT EARL BIRKHOLZSergeant · July 12, 1970
- WILLIAM KLINE BOYERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WARREN LIVELY IISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 9
From Milton
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1970
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.