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LARRY RONALD MCFADDIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1946 – May 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Ronald McFaddin, of Paintsville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Paintsville, Kentucky (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 5
- JOSEPH DEAN MACKLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- GEORGE EDGAR MASSIEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- RUSSELL ARTHUR MICHALKECorporal · May 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE PATTERSONSergeant · Panel 68E, Line 6
From Paintsville
- ROY PAINTER GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD JACKSONSergeant · March 11, 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.