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LARRY JAMES MCDOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – July 27, 1970
Service recordLarry James McDowell, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 59
- GRADY LOUIS EILANDSergeant · July 27, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM HUDSONSergeant · July 27, 1970
- LEONARD WHITLEY KIDDSpecialist Five · July 27, 1970
- MICHAEL ALAN LAUCHMANSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY RAY NEALSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 60
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 60
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 60
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
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.