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LARRY OWEN HARDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1950 – January 5, 1971
Service recordLarry Owen Harden, of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 27
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 27
- GLENN ERROLL KELLYCorporal · January 5, 1971
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM LYNCH IIIWarrant Officer 1 · January 5, 1971
- RODNEY EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · January 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 27
- JOHN WILLIAM LYNCH IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 27
From Belle Vernon
- JOHN STANLEY STAFFPetty Officer Third Class · June 7, 1969
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.