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LARRY RAY DAMERON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 11, 1947 – December 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Ray Dameron, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 47
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 47
- JOSEPH FRANK BENAKFireman · December 11, 1969
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 1969
- STEPHEN GRANT CONNERLance Corporal · December 11, 1969
- DAVID DOWNING DICKERSONCorporal · December 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FRANK BENAKFireman · Panel 15W, Line 47
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.