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LARRY NEIL HARPER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 25, 1945 – April 19, 1969
Service recordLarry Neil Harper, of Paris, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Paris, Arkansas (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 8
- GAYLEN RAY GALLIONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- JOSEPH K HOLLINGSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- GERARD VINCENT PALMACaptain · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ROCCO CAMASpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 7
From Paris
- DAVID FRANK SCHLUTERMANPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- KARL LEWIS REINECCIUSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1970
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.