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LARRY ROBERT MADDY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1946 – February 3, 1969
Service recordLarry Robert Maddy, of Sheffield, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Sheffield, Illinois (Bureau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 50
- WILLIAM FRED LESTAGELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL STACY MASSONEPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- RICKEY CLAUDE C MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
From Sheffield
- JOHN LAVERNE FORDHAMCorporal · July 3, 1969
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.