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LARRY KANE MORROW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1951 – May 29, 1972
Service recordLarry Kane Morrow, of Lowell, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 29, 1972, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Lowell, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 29, 1972
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1972; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 33
- HENRY HOOKER STRONG JRCaptain · May 25, 1972
- RICHARD ROLAND ARSENAULTStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
- GERALD DOUGLAS SPRADLINWarrant Officer 1 · May 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DOUGLAS SPRADLINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 1W, Line 33
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.