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LARRY PRESTON THURMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1948 – November 17, 1967
Service recordLarry Preston Thurman, of Dumas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Dumas, Texas (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 12
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · November 17, 1967
- JIMMY DEAN YOUNGBLOODCorporal · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 7
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT JERRY FARLEY SRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 8
- MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 9
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 12
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
From Dumas
- JERRY DON BASDENSpecialist Four · November 5, 1965
- JIMMY LEON GREENSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SWEETSergeant · September 14, 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.