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LARRY RANDALL MCPHERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – January 3, 1969
Service recordLarry Randall McPherson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 29
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 29
- MOISES A REYES JRSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- KENNETH LARMAR SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN WHITEFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DEAN DODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 24
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 25
- RONALD SMITH MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 28
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.