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LARRY RANDALL ARWOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1946 – November 9, 1967
Service recordLarry Randall Arwood, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 55
- KENNETH WAYNE TINGLESpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITNEYSergeant · November 8, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSON JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM ARMSTRONGColonel · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BARRY JAY BAKERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 56
- EDWIN MICHAEL GRAYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 58
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 60
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 61
From Sweetwater
- TOMMY ROBERT WILSONSergeant · December 2, 1965
- FREDDY LYNN GRAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE LATHAMSergeant · May 12, 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.