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LARRY MICHAEL BEAUDETTE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1951 – May 5, 1970
Service recordLarry Michael Beaudette, of Ventura, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 31 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 99
- PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMSPrivate · May 5, 1970
- HORACE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS JOHN BRAICOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1970
- EVERETT LEWIS BROCKSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
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.