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LARRY GLEN THRASHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1947 – September 14, 1966
Service recordLarry Glen Thrasher, of Terrell, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 96
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Terrell, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 96
- WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELLStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL CATESergeant · September 15, 1966
From Terrell
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWIN BENNETTSergeant · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- ALBERT DWAYNE WESTERMajor · October 5, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 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.