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LARRY JOE MALATESTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – August 1, 1970
Service recordLarry Joe Malatesta, of Enumclaw, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 75
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Enumclaw, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 75
- FRANK IMRE KRAXNERCaptain · August 1, 1970
- RAYMOND MARCINE MANINGERLance Corporal · August 1, 1970
- DANIEL LEE MITCHELLCorporal · August 1, 1970
- JON HARRIS NORDQUISTSpecialist Four · August 1, 1970
From Enumclaw
- JEFFREY ALLAN SCHWEIKLPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GERALD STEVEN HANSENPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- DONNIE BIARUMSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.