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LARRY TOM CHANDLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – August 5, 1967
Service recordLarry Tom Chandler, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Milton-Freewater, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 80
- FORREST EARL CAINPetty Officer Third Class · August 5, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD CALLISStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1967
- ROBERT VERNON DURBINCorporal · August 5, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
From Milton-Freewater
- ROBERT HUGH PRICEFirst Lieutenant · January 1, 1966
- WAYNE ARDELL FERGUSONMajor · June 16, 1968
- BRUCE LANDON CARTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
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.