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LARRY JAMES KIRKLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1946 – May 21, 1970
Service recordLarry James Kirkland, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 76
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM HOYTLance Corporal · May 21, 1970
- CHRIS ALBERT KEFFALOSSergeant · May 21, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY KEITHSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN MESICHFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 74
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 75
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.