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LARRY GRAYDON MOOTHART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordLarry Graydon Moothart, of Norwalk, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 96
- JOHNNY RAY MCKENZIEPrivate · September 16, 1969
- JERRY LEWIS OGRENStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- WALTER STANLEY OLINSKY JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1969
- M C PAGEStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN CAINSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 92
- ROBERT F DALEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 94
- JAMES MILTON FLOYDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 94
- JOHN FLETCHER GOODLETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 94
- THOMAS RICHARD POUNDSTONEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 94
- ARTHUR CRAIG FAIRCLOTHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 97
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.