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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Larry Ivan Broadhead.

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LARRY IVAN BROADHEAD

Captain · U.S. Air Force

November 28, 1943 – May 10, 1969

Service record

Larry Ivan Broadhead, of Edmond, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 25W · Line 109

Position of Panel 25W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
November 28, 1943
Home of record
Edmond, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 10, 1969
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 25W, Line 109

From Edmond

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.