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LARRY JOHN MELOY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – July 26, 1967
Service recordLarry John Meloy, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 3
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 3
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES GOELZPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 2
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
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.