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LARRY IRVING CORNISH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1948 – July 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Irving Cornish, of Canandaigua, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 99
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Canandaigua, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 99
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · July 11, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DEANSergeant · July 11, 1969
- RONALD LEE EIDSONCorporal · July 11, 1969
- THOMAS PAUL FENUSHCorporal · July 11, 1969
From Canandaigua
- RALPH JOSEPH RIZZISpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- WAYNE PHILIP BUNDYCaptain · October 3, 1968
- JOSEPH VALESKO JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
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.