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LARRY PAUL LAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1951 – March 28, 1971
Service recordLarry Paul Land, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 87
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1951
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 87
- MICHAEL SCOTT HOLLOWAYCorporal · March 28, 1971
- MYRON BLAINE JOHNSONSergeant · March 28, 1971
- WILLIAM W KIRKPATRICKCorporal · March 28, 1971
- RICHARD VINCENT KNIGHT JRCaptain · March 28, 1971
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.