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LARRY RAYMOND CREECY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1944 – April 5, 1968
Service recordLarry Raymond Creecy, of Hurst, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Hurst, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 16
- GEORGE EDWARD EDDENSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · April 5, 1968
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM TIMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 48E, Line 21
From Hurst
- DAVID FRANKLIN HENRYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- EMMETT DWAINE JAMESSergeant · September 28, 1969
- WILLIAM KENNETH VADEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1970
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.