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LARRY THOMAS BRENT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 10, 1946 – January 16, 1968
Service recordLarry Thomas Brent, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 57
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 57
- EARL ROGER BIGGSSergeant Major · November 11, 1967
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- HERBERT ROY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY BLISSETTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
From Gettysburg
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- LARRY LEROY HESSSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HOLOKACorporal · July 22, 1966
- ROBERT LESTER KESSELLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- RICHARD MARTIN SIETZPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN RIEGELPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- GERARD JUDE SANDERSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RALPH BURTON MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.