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LARRY JAMES BURKHARDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordLarry James Burkhardt, of Billings, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 5
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- 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
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 5
- FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHESergeant · May 27, 1968
- BRADLEY BOWLINGPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BRICE JRSergeant · May 27, 1968
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES FALLONCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOE HEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 9
- KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 1968
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.