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LARRY RICHARD HATTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1950 – February 18, 1971
Service recordLarry Richard Hatter, of Hornell, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Airframe Mechanic Av-8/Tav-8 (6055)
- Born
- February 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Hornell, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 116
- EARLEY CARTER GRACEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1971
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 1971
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- COLEY LEE KENDALLSergeant · February 18, 1971
From Hornell
- PAUL GERARD UNDERWOODColonel · March 16, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BARILLOCorporal · July 6, 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.