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LARRY RICHARD DEWEY
Captain · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – May 24, 1971
Service recordLarry Richard Dewey, of Weedsport, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 53
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Weedsport, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 53
- ROY LESTER MEADOWSSergeant First Class · May 23, 1971
- JIMMY DARREL HUMPHRESCorporal · May 24, 1971
- GERALD MARTIN LUBBEHUSENSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- JACKIE DEAN STOGSDILLPrivate · May 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 52
- GERALD MARTIN LUBBEHUSENSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 53
From Weedsport
- DAVID ALLEN DIXONSpecialist Four · May 15, 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.