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LARRY GEORGE LUDWIG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1947 – July 5, 1967
Service recordLarry George Ludwig, of Fairport, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairport, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 12
- JERRY DOUGLAS HUDSONPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL ISBELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- PAUL GORDON KNIGHTONPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES ERICH MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
From Fairport
- LARRY JAMES BAKERPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- ALEXANDER ANTHONY ROCZENPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE BALESFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1968
- JEFFREY DAVID SCHUMACHERPrivate First Class · June 14, 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.