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LARRY STEPHEN SLAYMAKER
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 11, 1949 – October 30, 1969
Service recordLarry Stephen Slaymaker, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 6
- WILLIAM CHARLES LEGATPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1969
- DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JRSpecialist Five · October 30, 1969
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- WESLEY WILLIAM VERMEESCHPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.