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LARRY JAMES ANDERSON
Private · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordLarry James Anderson, of Chamblee, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 15
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Chamblee, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 15
- STEVE SPENCER DENIKESpecialist Four · December 30, 1970
- BRIAN ANTHONY HORINEKFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1970
- HAROLD E ASHERPetty Officer Third Class · December 31, 1970
- EDGAR PETER BECK JRConstructionman · December 31, 1970
From Chamblee
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 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.