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LARRY HOWARD MORFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – February 12, 1970
Service recordLarry Howard Morford, of Carmichael, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 2
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 2
- JERRY EUGENE LINEBERRYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE NELSONSergeant · February 12, 1970
- CLIFTON THOMAS SMITHCorporal · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL GENE ALLISONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 129
- MARK ALAN STRAUBPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 4
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
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.