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LARRY WAYNE GREER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1947 – April 21, 1967
Service recordLarry Wayne Greer, of Altoona, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Altoona, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 59
- EDWARD DEAN GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- ROGER DALE HAMILTONGunnery Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- GARY RICHARD HARTMANCorporal · April 21, 1967
- TAMADGE CECIL STEVENS JRLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
From Altoona
- JAMES DAVID SMITHSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JERRY SCRUGGS BAKERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- JOE HARRY STANLEYSergeant · November 21, 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.