The Wall › Panel 39W › Wisconsin › Larry Roger Woolridge
LARRY ROGER WOOLRIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – November 15, 1968
Service recordLarry Roger Woolridge, of Dousman, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 72
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Dousman, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 72
- STANLEY WILLIAM ARMENTROUTSergeant · November 16, 1968
- ROBERT F BALSLEY JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- EDDIE CLAUDE KIMBLESergeant · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH KOWALSKISpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 70
From Dousman
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · May 2, 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.