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LARRY WAYNE BIRCH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1946 – December 10, 1967
Service recordLarry Wayne Birch, of Stanton, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Stanton, Kentucky (Powell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 70
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- GARY WAYNE PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FELIX DOHALTAHE BEGAYEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- JOHN NISHIMURAPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.