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LARRY JEROME TYLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – August 8, 1968
Service recordLarry Jerome Tyler, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49W, Line 34
- JOSEPH PATRICK TOOMEYLance Corporal · August 8, 1968
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · August 8, 1968
- ROBERT A VONBISCHOFFSHAUSENPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 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.