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LARRY WAYNE DARLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1946 – February 19, 1968
Service recordLarry Wayne Darling, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 19
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 40E, Line 19
- ALBERT DANDRIDGEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- BILL WAYNE DEETZCaptain · February 19, 1968
- MELVIN CARNILLS DYEStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- KENNETH PAUL EHNISSergeant · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 17
- JAMES LEE FELTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 20
- ADRIAN EDWARD SIGLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 31
- BERNARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 32
- KEVIN EDWARD VERPAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 35
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 1969
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.