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LARRY LEE ORCUTT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – December 26, 1967
Service recordLarry Lee Orcutt, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 64
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DARYL LEE LIGONSFirst Lieutenant · December 26, 1967
- MATTHEW PAUL MALCZYNSKISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DONALD FRANCIS MCDOWELLPetty Officer Second Class · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- DAVID RAYMOND HAEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 65
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.