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LARRY THOMAS DUCKETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 12, 1950 – January 6, 1971
Service recordLarry Thomas Duckett, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 29
- BRUCE LYNN GOODSELLStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1971
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE LYNN GOODSELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 29
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.