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LARRY JOHN BUDDE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 4, 1949 – May 18, 1969
Service recordLarry John Budde, of Preston, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · 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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY II FF
- Born
- June 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Preston, Iowa (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 36
- PETER ALLAN ARKOETTECorporal · May 18, 1969
- GREGORY GEORGE BECKChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 18, 1969
- PAUL GEORGE BELLINOCorporal · May 18, 1969
- MILTON JACKSON BUSHSergeant · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY FRANKLIN EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 40
- ROBERT LEE FREEMANSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 40
- GARY DEAN MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 46
- RONNIE EARL PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 47
- PATRICK L RICESpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 48
- DANA MICHAEL SYKESSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 50
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.