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LARRY GRACE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1949 – May 17, 1969
Service recordLarry Grace, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 30
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1969
- HERBERT LYMAN GAYPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- BERNARD HAMLET JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- LLOYD E HANDSHUMAKER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 35
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.