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LARRY LE ROY BETTS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1946 – November 21, 1969
Service recordLarry Le Roy Betts, of Eagle River, Alaska, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 104
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Eagle River, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 104
- JACKIE CARROLL WALKERFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1969
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 21, 1969
- JAMES HILLIARD BRASWELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- ERNEST J DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.