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LARRY LOUISE HOHMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1948 – December 6, 1969
Service recordLarry Louise Hohman, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 32
- ROBERT ARTHUR FALKENAUFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- CHARLES ELTON FERRELLCaptain · December 6, 1969
- GARY LLOYD HEINSpecialist Five · December 6, 1969
- ROBIN MANGUMLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBIN MANGUMLieutenant Colonel · Panel 15W, Line 32
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 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.