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LARRY VIRGIL WOLFRUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordLarry Virgil Wolfrum, of Sherwood, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 14
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Sherwood, Ohio (Defiance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 14
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN WINTERSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- LUIS CARLOS BORREGO JRCorporal · May 15, 1969
- DAVID JOHN BREDESENPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DANIELS JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 4
- JOSEPH WARREN FREEMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 4
- JIMMY LEE MCLELLANSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 12
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.