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LARRY JAMES CONKLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – March 23, 1969
Service recordLarry James Conklin, of Endicott, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Endicott, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 18
- STEVEN ALLEN BELLLance Corporal · March 23, 1969
- HOWARD KIM FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GEHLSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
Same unit, same day
- ALLEY OAKLEY STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 22
From Endicott
- AARON GREGORY FIDIAM JRTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- FRANK FETTUCCIAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES MACKOColonel · February 22, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS CARLSONLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1970
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.