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LARRY MELVIN ALCOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – February 16, 1969
Service recordLarry Melvin Alcos, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 41
- BRIAN LEE WELLSCorporal · February 15, 1969
- FRED DARREL WHITAKERCorporal · February 15, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN WILCOXSergeant · February 15, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES WYMANPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JERNIGAN LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 44
- RICK ALTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 45
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 45
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 47
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 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.