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LARRY KURT KAISER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1943 – April 30, 1970
Service recordLarry Kurt Kaiser, of Bay City, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 74
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Bay City, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 74
- JOHN ROBERT HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · April 30, 1970
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · April 30, 1970
- KEVIN REYNOLDS KELEHERSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- GLEN LESTER KNOBLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RALPH LEDLIECorporal · Panel 11W, Line 75
- LUIS ADRIAN SANTELLANOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 75
- CHARLES LEE SMALLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 77
From Bay City
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JOSEPH ROLLINS HILLIARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIKStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- WILLIAM DONALD JINKSCorporal · May 19, 1967
- LUIS BARRON CAMPOSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT F BALSLEY JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- ESTEBAN ANGEL TREVINO JRLance Corporal · May 12, 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.