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LARRY STEVEN HEATER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1948 – December 1, 1968
Service recordLarry Steven Heater, of Weston, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Weston, West Virginia (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 17
- ALFREDO D GRANADO-AVILESCorporal · December 1, 1968
- DAVID PETER HELLENBRANDSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN KISERCorporal · December 1, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE LAWTONSergeant · December 1, 1968
From Weston
- EARL FREDERICK BROWNStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- WARREN LEE GOULDMajor · September 19, 1966
- JOSEPH MARTIN BRADYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- DAVID RAY HUNTPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- GEORGE WARD HENRY JRLance Corporal · September 5, 1967
- DONALD FRANCIS SCHNABLYCaptain · December 1, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE ARMENTROUTStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
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.