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LARRY MELVIN COMIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 4, 1949 – March 24, 1970
Service recordLarry Melvin Comis, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 37
- RONALD WAYNE HURTCaptain · March 23, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
- RUDY MORALES BECERRAStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR BORONSKISergeant First Class · March 24, 1970
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 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.