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LARRY ROBERT WIEGERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – August 21, 1967
Service recordLarry Robert Wiegert, of Mcloud, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Mcloud, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 27
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN BALTHAZORCorporal · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · Panel 25E, Line 26
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 26
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.