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LARRY LAVERN ELZINGA
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – August 3, 1968
Service recordLarry Lavern Elzinga, of Charlevoix, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlevoix, Michigan (Charlevoix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 4
- GEORGE WARREN FISCHER JRSpecialist Four · August 3, 1968
- WILLIE EARL GRANGERSergeant · August 3, 1968
- FRANK A HARAHCorporal · August 3, 1968
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · August 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK A HARAHCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 4
- CHARLES RAY CRIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 49W, Line 6
From Charlevoix
- RICHARD DALE PLUMMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1971
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.