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LARRY LEE MARSH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 25, 1947 – December 8, 1968
Service recordLarry Lee Marsh, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 66
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 66
- MARVIN LEO HARTMANSergeant · December 8, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HIGGINSLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- RICHARD DALE JAMESCorporal · December 8, 1968
- JOHN KNOWLES KOSTERSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVIE PERRY WINKLES IIIHospitalman · Panel 37W, Line 72
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
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.