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LARRY OVERTON MARCHBANK
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 14, 1942 – March 16, 1970
Service recordLarry Overton Marchbank, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- October 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 6
- FREDERICK EUGENE GILMANPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- BEN ALLEN HUGHES JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- JOHN DANIEL INGRUMFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1970
- JORGE V MAESELance Corporal · March 16, 1970
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.