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LARRY L GOAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1945 – May 27, 1966
Service recordLarry L Goar, of Snelling, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Snelling, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 112
- RICHARD CARL HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- EUGENE WILLIAM CASWELLWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- JOSEPH LOUIS RAPPSergeant · May 27, 1966
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.