The Wall › Panel 24E › Pennsylvania › Larry Gordon Salisberry
LARRY GORDON SALISBERRY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
December 14, 1945 – August 2, 1967
Service recordLarry Gordon Salisberry, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 69
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 69
- GLENN RICHARD MCCUAIGLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- KEITH CHARLES PERKINSPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- DAVID SANCHEZPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.