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LARRY PAULLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1945 – May 17, 1966
Service recordLarry Paulley, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 74
- VICTOR HUBERT ONEALSergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- RONALD LEE ECKERTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ARTHUR EUGENE LEWISCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 72
- VICTOR HUBERT ONEALSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 74
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 75
- BOBBY DALE SWINDELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 77
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.