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LARRY JOE PLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – July 20, 1970
Service recordLarry Joe Plett, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; eight 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 36
- RAYMOND CLARK THOMPSON SRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- DENNIS RICHARD LEVISSergeant · July 20, 1970
- DAVID JACK MAGNUSONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
- MARK JAMES WEBBWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 34
- BILL GWINN BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- DURL GENE CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 34
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- SAMUEL T CARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 35
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 36
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 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.