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LARRY JAMES HIGH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1945 – September 23, 1967
Service recordLarry James High, of Hoboken, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Hoboken, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 3
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- ARNOLD GARY KRAVITZAirman Second Class · September 23, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- ROBERT ERNEST SIPESpecialist Five · September 23, 1967
From Hoboken
- HANS KARL BRETSCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES BROCKMANNSecond Lieutenant · October 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FESKENPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · August 29, 1967
- LUIS ORTIZ-CORREDORLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- RAYMOND JAMES BRERETONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- NATHAN CHARLES LUNAPIENASergeant · February 22, 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.