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LARRY THOMAS OWENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordLarry Thomas Owens, of Jamestown, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamestown, Tennessee (Fentress County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 6
- NICKOLAS SZAWALUKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- ANDREW JACKSON THOMASSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · June 3, 1968
- JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAMP CARTER JRSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 22
- CHAUNCEY IKE HALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 24
- KENNETH WALTER KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
From Jamestown
- DAVID ALLEN CRABTREEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JERRY ALBERT CAMPBELLSergeant · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM OREL VAUGHNCorporal · December 30, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD CRABTREEPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
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.