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LARRY RAY GUENTZEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – June 24, 1967
Service recordLarry Ray Guentzel, of Georgetown, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 57
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Texas (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 57
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- THOMAS MORTON DICKINSONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- CRAIG BARRY GARIEPYSergeant · June 24, 1967
- NAMON HINES JRSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- ROY EDWARD SHANKLINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
From Georgetown
- BEN DAVID SNOWDENMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- ALAN RICHARD LYMANCorporal · June 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARLEN OMANCorporal · April 27, 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.