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LARRY LEE TRUESDALE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1939 – September 18, 1965
Service recordLarry Lee Truesdale, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 90
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 89
From Lima
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.