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LARRY REX REATHERFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – July 20, 1969
Service recordLarry Rex Reatherford, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 26
- JOHNNY KENDRICK PARKERCorporal · July 20, 1969
- DAVID PAUL RUSSELLCorporal · July 20, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · July 20, 1969
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.