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LARRY RAY SLAGLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1950 – April 15, 1970
Service recordLarry Ray Slagle, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 10
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 10
- BRUCE ALLEN SMOKEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- CHARLES ERVIN STEFFLERSergeant · April 15, 1970
- GENE STANLEY SWAGERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- JAMES ANTHONY TYNERSergeant · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 5
- HERNDON ARRINGTON BIVENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 5
- ROSENDO MONTANASpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 8
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.