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LARRY MICHAEL WOLPERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordLarry Michael Wolpert, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 37
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- RALPH CHESTER WIGHT JRMajor · April 6, 1968
- GEORGE L WILSONSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS YOUNGLance Corporal · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PAUL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 31
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.