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LARRY HOLMES MCLAUGHLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – January 4, 1968
Service recordLarry Holmes McLaughlin, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 37
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT CAUFIELD HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- BILLY GENE JENTCorporal · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 34
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 35
- GREGORY ELLIS COXSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 35
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LOWELL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 39
- GENE ALBERT POLITOCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 40
- GARRY GARNETT PRINCEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 42
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 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.