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LARRY GUNNELL PINSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1950 – September 19, 1969
Service recordLarry Gunnell Pinson, of Grantville, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 114
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
- January 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Grantville, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 114
- BERNARD JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK LAMBOOYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR REEDFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1969
From Grantville
- GRADY LEE ELDERSergeant · June 11, 1966
- ARTHUR HINESPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- BOBBY FREEMANSergeant · August 12, 1968
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.