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LARRY VERNAL CLASPILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – February 5, 1968
Service recordLarry Vernal Claspill, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 33
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- RAUL CANDELARIAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM COATESPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- JERRY DOUGLAS MALLORYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 34
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 35
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 37
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 37
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 39
- JAMES EDWARD STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.