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LARRY STRAHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1949 – March 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Strahan, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 15
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · March 8, 1969
- PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- LARRY LEE STONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 11, 1969
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOHN RANDOLPH WEIRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 9
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 14
- PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 15
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.