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LARRY LEE NIEKEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 24, 1950 – July 8, 1970
Service recordLarry Lee Nieken, of Hillman, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 132
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Hillman, Minnesota (Morrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 132
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- THOMAS BREVARD OWENSFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1970
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- RICHARD GLENN REPOLEFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GLENN REPOLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 132
From Hillman
- ALVIN EDWARD KURTZSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.