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LARRY HUNTER MARSHALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1937 – February 4, 1971
Service recordLarry Hunter Marshall, of Illmo, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Illmo, Missouri (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 77
- JACKIE LEE DENNYCorporal · February 4, 1971
- SAMUEL HOUSTON EBERHARTCaptain · February 4, 1971
- DANIEL JERRY MULLENPrivate First Class · February 4, 1971
- GREGORY S SOMERSPrivate · February 4, 1971
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.