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LARRY KEITH DEAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – July 1, 1966
Service recordLarry Keith Deal, of Owensville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Owensville, Indiana (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 115
- RONALD WALTER RINGWALLFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- PETER PAUL DOMIANOSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1966
- HAROLD DOUGLAS GIBBSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- PAUL MICHAEL LONGSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- GARY NOBUO MIYAKEStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 114
- BENJAMIN ORNELASSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 116
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 116
- JOHNNY WOODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
From Owensville
- DONALD STEPHEN RIGGSCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE HURTCaptain · March 23, 1970
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.